Assessment of struvite and K-struvite recovery from digested manure

Human population has had an impact on the natural phosphorus’ cycle, a limited resource, and the predictions show that this resource could be exhausted in 100-250 years. Therefore, the actions for the coming 10-25 years must be focus on the recovery of phosphorus, for example, from renewable sources...

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Autor: Tarragó Abella, Elena
Tipo de documento: tese
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:CBUC, CESCA
Repositório:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/663399
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/663399
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:K and P recovery
Phosphorus recovery
Recuperació de fòsfor
Recuperación de fósforo
Crystallization
Cristal·lització
Cristalización
Upflow velocity
Velocitat de flux ascendent
Velocidad de flujo ascendente
Struvite and k-struvite
Estruvita i k-estruvita
Estruvita y k-estruvita
Fertilizers
Fertilitzants
Fertilizantes
Manure
Purins
Purines
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Resumo:Human population has had an impact on the natural phosphorus’ cycle, a limited resource, and the predictions show that this resource could be exhausted in 100-250 years. Therefore, the actions for the coming 10-25 years must be focus on the recovery of phosphorus, for example, from renewable sources such as manure. Thus, phosphorus recovery as struvite or K-struvite from manure is investigated, as the recovery of the essential nutrients is considered to be a significant breakthrough for assuring long-term and economical phosphorus supply, while recovering a valuable slow-release fertilizer. Therefore, this PhD thesis proves the feasibility of recovering nutrients from manure, a complex matrix with high concentration of solids. Furthermore, aims to bring innovation and insights on the sustainable recovery of fertilizers (i.e. ammonium and/or potassium struvite) from swine manure