An exploratory study on seawater-catalysed urine phosphorus recovery (SUPR)

Water Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-84

  Dai, Ji ^a   Tang, Wen Tao ^a   Zheng, Yi Se ^a   Mackey, Hamish R ^a   Chui, Ho Kwong ^a   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^b   Chen, Guang Hao ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Phosphorus recovery; Precipitation; Seawater; Ureolysis; Urine

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOURCE SEPARATION; UREA; WATER RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE WATER RESOURCE; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; UREOLYSIS; URINE;

SEAWATER;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINE PHOSPHORUS;

CATALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; REACTION KINETICS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; URINE; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HONG KONG; KINETICS; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER CATALYSED URINE PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URINE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84906826768     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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