Phosphorus recovery as K-struvite from a waste stream: A review of influencing factors, advantages, disadvantages and challenges

A Yesigat, A Worku, A Mekonnen, W Bae… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, the depletion of natural resources and contamination of the surrounding
environment demand a paradigm shift to resource recycling and reuse. In this regard …

Is K-struvite precipitation a plausible nutrient recovery method from potassium-containing wastes?—A review

I Kabdaşlı, A Siciliano, C Limonti, O Tünay - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The definition of technologies capable of removing and recovering nutrients from polluting
effluents is a key environmental challenge. Through these technologies, it would be possible …

An experimental study on the recovery of potassium (K) and phosphorous (P) from synthetic urine by crystallization of magnesium potassium phosphate

Y Gao, B Liang, H Chen, P Yin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the simultaneous recovery of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) from synthetic
urine by crystallization of magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate (MPP) was studied …

Exploring the recovery of potassium-rich struvite after a nitrification-denitrification process in pig slurry treatment

E Company, M Farrés, J Colprim, A Magrí - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of biological nitrogen (N) removal with struvite-type material recovery, which
contained phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), was proved to be technically feasible in pig …

Wastewater treatment valorisation by simultaneously removing and recovering phosphate and ammonia from municipal effluents using a mechano-thermo activated …

A Mavhungu, R Mbaya, V Masindi, S Foteinis… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphate and nitrate enrichment largely impair aquatic ecosystem functions and services,
thus comprising an emerging problem of environmental concern. The problem pertains to …

Applying a novel sequential double-column fluidized bed crystallization process to the recovery of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from swine wastewater

VG Le, DVN Vo, CT Vu, XT Bui, YJ Shih… - ACS ES&T …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Given the potential shortage of critical nutrients (eg, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium)
predicted in the near future, nutrient recovery technologies have attracted wide attention …

Recovery of phosphate as struvite from low-temperature combustion sewage sludge ash (LTCA) by cation exchange

X Meng, X Liu, Q Huang, H Gao, K Tay, J Yan - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
As a phosphorus-rich material, low-temperature combustion sewage sludge ash (LTCA)
contains over 9 wt% content of phosphorus (P) and a large proportion of impurities …

Factors affecting the crystal size of struvite-K formed in synthetic urine using a stirred reactor

C Zhang, K Xu, M Zheng, J Li… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The crystallization of struvite-K (MgKPO4· 6H2O) can simultaneously recover phosphate and
potassium from source-separated urine. However, its crystal size has been rarely reported …

Design and optimization of a reactive crystallization process for high purity phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge ash

Y Liu, H Qu - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, a reactive crystallization process was designed and optimized for separating
high purity phosphorus (P) in the form of CaClH 2 PO 4· H 2 O crystals from sewage sludge …

Improving potassium recovery with new solubility product values for K-struvite

AM Bennett, S Lobanov, FA Koch… - Journal of …, 2017 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Crystallisation of ammonium (NH4) struvite is a viable method of recovering valuable
nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from waste waters. Little work has been done on …