phosphaterecovery
Phosphaterecovery refers to processes that reclaim phosphorus from waste streams—such as municipal wastewater, agricultural runoff, manure, and food industry effluents—for reuse as fertilizer or as a raw material in industrial processes. The approach is motivated by the finite nature of phosphate rock, rising demand for sustainable nutrients, and the need to prevent eutrophication of water bodies.
Common sources of recoverable phosphorus include municipal wastewater treatment plant streams, anaerobic digester effluents, and process
Technologies for phosphaterecovery fall into several categories. Chemical precipitation captures phosphate as solid minerals, notably struvite,
Economic and regulatory factors influence adoption, including the cost of reagents, energy use, product purity, and