Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions

F Di Capua, S de Sario, A Ferraro, A Petrella… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphate rocks are an irreplaceable resource to produce fertilizers, but their availability will
not be enough to meet the increasing demands of agriculture for food production. At the …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art of urine treatment technologies: A critical review.

TA Larsen, ME Riechmann, KM Udert - Water Research X, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last 15 years, urine treatment technologies have developed from lab studies of a
few pioneers to an interesting innovation, attracting attention from a growing number of …

Nutrients in a circular economy: role of urine separation and treatment

W Sohn, J Jiang, S Phuntsho, Y Choden, HK Shon - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing global population, over the last few decades, brought about the rise in
synthetic fertiliser market prices along with explosive agricultural demand. Source …

Nutrient recovery and microalgae biomass production from urine by membrane photobioreactor at low biomass retention times

TT Nguyen, XT Bui, HH Ngo, KQ Nguyen… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urine has been considered as an ideal nutrient source for microalgae cultivation thanks to
its composition containing the high concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus. Herein, the …

Microalgae biomass production from cultivation in availability and limitation of nutrients: The technical, environmental and economic performance

DL Medeiros, ÍTA Moreira - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae cultivation offers the potential to produce different biomass compositions while
preventing pollution, treating waste and recovering resources. However, the energy …

Literature review on the potential of urban waste for the fertilization of urban agriculture: A closer look at the metropolitan area of Barcelona

V Arcas-Pilz, X Gabarrell, F Orsini, G Villalba - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture (UA) activities are increasing in popularity and importance due to greater
food demands and reductions in agricultural land, also advocating for greater local food …

Effect of salinity stress on lipid accumulation in Scenedesmus sp. and Chlorella sp.: feasibility of stepwise culturing

RS Gour, VK Garlapati, A Kant - Current Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
The enhanced lipid accumulation in microalgae is envisioned under special stress
conditions with the cost of algal growth, which in turn affects the overall lipid productivity. The …

Microalgae cultivation for space exploration: Assessing the potential for a new generation of waste to human life-support system for long duration space travel and …

ED Revellame, R Aguda, A Chistoserdov, DL Fortela… - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the challenges of long duration NASA missions, such as human transportation and
habitation of the moon and/or Mars, is the limited life-support resources that can be taken …

Cattle wastewater as a low-cost supplement augmenting microalgal biomass under batch and fed-batch conditions

R Jain, S Mishra, K Mohanty - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of costly chemical fertilizers and large freshwater requirements make the
microalgae cultivation process uneconomical and highly unsustainable. To address this …

[HTML][HTML] Current scenario and challenges in recycling of human urine generated at source in rail coaches as resource

KK Dubey, D Rajput, A Baldia, A Kumar… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current scenario of human urine being directly discharged into the environment without
recycling, despite being an economical source of fertilizer. Train coaches are the major …