Effect of contact to the atmosphere and dilution on phosphorus recovery from human urine through struvite formation

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-277

  Liu, Xiaoning ^a   Hu, Zhengyi ^a   Zhu, Chunyou ^a   Wen, Guoqi ^a   Meng, Xianchao ^a   Lu, Jia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Contact to the atmosphere; Dilution; Phosphorus; Struvite; Urine

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DILUTION; EFFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERSATURATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUMS; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; STRUVITE FORMATION; STRUVITES; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; UREA; WATER;

CHLORIDE; DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; INORGANIC SALT; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; STRUVITE; URINE; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; URINE; VOLATILIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; URINE;

EID: 84891002235     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.826250     Document Type: Article

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