RecoPhos: Full-scale fertilizer production from sewage sludge ash

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-544

  Weigand, Harald ^a   Bertau, Martin ^b   Hübner, Wilfried ^c   Bohndick, Fred ^d   Bruckert, Axel ^e  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RecoPhos Consult Gmbh   (Germany)

^e RecoPhos AVB Tangermünde GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contaminants; End of waste; Phosphate availability; Phosphate fertilizer; Sewage sludge ash

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE PRICES; END-OF-WASTE; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; PHOSPHATE AVAILABILITY; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEWAGE SLUDGE ASH; TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATES; WASTE LEGISLATION;

IMPURITIES; MANUFACTURE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; METAL; METALLOID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS;

ASH; FERTILIZER; FRACTIONATION; ORE BODY; PHOSPHATE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SEWAGE SLUDGE ASH; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; METALS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84875279074     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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