Determination of struvite crystallization mechanisms in urine using turbidity measurement

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6084-6094

  Triger, Aurélien ^a,b,c   Pic, Jean Stéphane ^a,b,c   Cabassud, Corinne ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Population balance; Precipitation kinetics; Struvite; Turbidity; Urine

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REACTION RATES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; UREA;

CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; POPULATION BALANCES; PRECIPITATION KINETICS; STRUVITES; URINE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MAGNESIUM; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; UREA;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HYDROLYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SANITATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUVITE; TURBIDITY; URINE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURBIDITY; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

EID: 84867138642     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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