Phosphorus recovery from centralised municipal water recycling plants

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Bradford Hartke, Zenah ^a   Lant, Paul ^b   Leslie, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; Struvite; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; CO-GENERATION; DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH QUALITY WATER; LIQUID WASTE STREAMS; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; MEMBRANE PROCESS; MUNICIPAL WATER; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; POWER REQUIREMENT; RECYCLING PLANT; SIDE STREAMS; SOURCE SEPARATION; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER RECYCLING PROJECTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOSOLIDS; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 83555178532     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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