Phosphorus recovery from septage treatment plant sludge by struvite formation with alkaline hydrolysis as pre-treatment

• Main Authors: Nochefranca, C. K. L., Oyson, Z. K. C., San Pedro, A. B., Pausta, Carla Mae J., Damalerio, Regina G., Promentilla, Michael Angelo B., Beltran, Arnel B., Saroj, Devendra P., Orbecido, Aileen H.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Phosphorus; Water—Phosphorus content; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3715; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4717/type/native/viewcontent/012141.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

Insufficiency of phosphorus due to the limited availability of phosphate rocks is predicted within the next decades. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater sludge was found to be one of the possible alternative sources of phosphorus. Moreover, stringent effluent standards, including that of phosphorus...