Operating a pilot-scale nitrification/distillation plant for complete nutrient recovery from urine

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 215-222

  Fumasoli, Alexandra ^a   Etter, Bastian ^a   Sterkele, Bettina ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b   Udert, Kai M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distillation; Nitrification; Nutrient recovery; Source separation; Urine treatment; VUNA

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; DISTILLATION; HEAVY METALS; NITRIFICATION; RECOVERY; SOURCE SEPARATION;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; URINE TREATMENT; VUNA;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; ZINC; FERTILIZER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEAVY METAL; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECOVERY; URINE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AERATION; ALKALINITY; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PH; REACTOR OPERATION; SUSPENSION; URINE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; EVALUATION STUDY; PILOT STUDY;

NITROSOMONADALES;

AMMONIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DISTILLATION; FERTILIZERS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; URINE;

EID: 84954535033     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.485     Document Type: Article

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