Towards effective phosphorus recycling from wastewater: Quantity and quality

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 676-684

  Muster, T H ^a   Douglas, G B ^a   Sherman, N ^a   Seeber, A ^a   Wright, N ^a   Guzukara Y ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydroxylapatite; Phosphate precipitation; Phosphorus recovery; Struvite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COSTS; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

ARTIFICIAL WASTEWATER; DEWATERING PROPERTIES; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; HYDROXYLAPATITE; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; STRUVITES; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; MERRILITE; OCTOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; DEWATERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PH; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECOVERY; RECYCLING; STRUVITE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEWATERING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84875812181     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.057     Document Type: Article

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