Recovery of Plant Nutrients from Dilute Solutions of Human Urine and Preliminary Investigations on Pot Trials

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 538-544

  Kocatürk, Nazli Pelin ^a   Baykal, Bilsen Beler ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinoptilolite; Ecological Sanitation (ECOSAN); Ion exchange adsorption; Nutrient removal recovery

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; ION EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT; RECOVERY; SANITATION; SOLUTION; URINE; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84860720042     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100193     Document Type: Article

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