Feasibility of coupling anaerobic digestion and struvite precipitation in the same reactor: Evaluation of different magnesium sources

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 270, Issue , 2015, Pages 542-548

  Romero Guiza M S ^a   Astals, S ^a,b   Mata Alvarez, J ^a   Chimenos, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium inhibition; Anaerobic digestion; Chemical precipitation; Magnesium; Pig manure; Struvite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BYPRODUCTS; MAGNESIUM; MANURES; METHANE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; BIOMETHANE POTENTIAL (BMP); CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS; PIG MANURES; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION; STRUVITES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84924019380     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.02.057     Document Type: Article

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