Production of slow release crystal fertilizer from wastewaters through struvite crystallization - A review

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-155

  Rahman, Md Mukhlesur ^a,b   Salleh, Mohamad Amran Mohd ^a   Rashid, Umer ^a   Ahsan, Amimul ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Mujaffar ^b   Ra, Chang Six ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eco friendly fertilizer; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Struvite; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; ECO-FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL AND RECOVERIES; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EID: 84891372743     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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