Source Separation of Urine as an Alternative Solution to Nutrient Management in Biological Nutrient Removal Treatment Plants

Water Environment Research

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2120-2129

  Jimenez, Jose ^a   Bott, Charles ^b   Love, Nancy ^c   Bratby, John ^d  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nutrient removal; Modeling; Nutrient recovery; Source separation; Urine; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BODY FLUIDS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; SEPARATION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; URINE; WATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; WATER; WASTE WATER;

MODELING; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; URINE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN TO CARBON RATIO; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; URINE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929100558     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143015X14212658613884     Document Type: Article

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