Controlled struvite precipitation from belt press filtrate of anaerobic digester in a CSTR

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 640-647

  Lew, Beni ^a   Phalah, Somaya ^a   Rebhum, Menachem ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

aeration rate; belt press filtrate; hydraulic retention time; pH; struvite

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; AIR FLOW; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; COMPLETELY STIRRED TANK REACTORS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LABORATORY SCALE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PH VALUE; PRESS FILTRATES; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; PH; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 81255149154     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10561     Document Type: Article

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