Struvite precipitation within wastewater treatment: A problem or a circular economy opportunity?

Enhanced biological phosphorus removal at wastewater treatment plants that use anaerobic digesters for sludge treatment have historically encountered phosphate precipitation problems in the form of struvite. Literature on struvite is thin which is surprising given it can foul/block the sludge return...

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Main Authors: P. Achilleos, K.R. Roberts, I.D. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022011501