Prevention of struvite scaling in digesters combined with phosphorus removal and recovery - The FIX-phos process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-226

  Petzet, Sebastian ^a   Cornel, Peter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Calcium phosphate; Calciumsilicatehydrate; EBPR; FIX Phos; Phosphorus recovery; Struvite scaling; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COSTS; HEAVY METALS; METAL RECOVERY; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; PULP DIGESTERS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUMSILICATEHYDRATE; EBPR; FIX-PHOS; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SILICATE; CALCIUMSILICATEHYDRATE; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DEWATERING; DIGESTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STRUVITE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE;

PHOS;

EID: 84863194125     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143012X13347678384125     Document Type: Article

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