Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Urine by Sequential Struvite Formation and Recycling Process

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1157-1161

  Latifian, Maryam ^a   Holst, Olle ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Bioprocess Control Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcination; Nutrient recovery; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905653344     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300070     Document Type: Article

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