Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge char ash

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-50

  Atienza Martinez M ^a   Gea, G ^a   Arauzo, J ^a   Kersten, Sascha R A ^b   Kootstra, A Maarten J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ash; Char; Phosphorus; Sewage sludge; Thermochemical processing

Indexed keywords

ASHES; COMBUSTION; EXTRACTION; GASIFICATION; LEACHING; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; CHAR; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; PHOSPHORUS LEACHING; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; SEWAGE SLUDGE PYROLYSIS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ASH; BIOENERGY; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; FERTILIZER; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYROLYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84901259710     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.03.058     Document Type: Article

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