A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

Advances in struvite precipitation technologies for nutrients removal and recovery from aqueous waste and wastewater

A Siciliano, C Limonti, GM Curcio, R Molinari - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The abatement of nutrient compounds from aqueous waste and wastewater is currently a
priority issue. Indeed, the uncontrolled discharge of high levels of nutrients into water bodies …

The role of additives on anaerobic digestion: a review

MS Romero-Güiza, J Vila, J Mata-Alvarez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology for the treatment of organic waste streams
with clear environmental benefits including generation of methane as renewable energy …

The potential phosphorus crisis: resource conservation and possible escape technologies: a review

S Daneshgar, A Callegari, AG Capodaglio, D Vaccari - Resources, 2018 - mdpi.com
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for every organism on the Earth, yet it is also a potential
environmental pollutant, which may cause eutrophication of water bodies. Wastewater …

A comprehensive review of phosphorus recovery from wastewater by crystallization processes

L Peng, H Dai, Y Wu, Y Peng, X Lu - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of phosphorus (P) in discharged wastewater can lead to water pollution
events and eutrophication. Given the increasing consumption of phosphate (PO 4 3−) rocks …

[HTML][HTML] Production of slow release crystal fertilizer from wastewaters through struvite crystallization–A review

MM Rahman, MAM Salleh, U Rashid, A Ahsan… - Arabian journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewaters are a burning environmental issue of the present
world. This review covers the studies conducted on the removal and recovery of phosphorus …

Insight into chemical phosphate recovery from municipal wastewater

Y Ye, HH Ngo, W Guo, Y Liu, J Li, Y Liu, X Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phosphate plays an irreplaceable role in the production of fertilizers. However, its finite
availability may not be enough to satisfy increasing demands for the fertilizer production …

Cost effectiveness of phosphorus removal processes in municipal wastewater treatment

R Bashar, K Gungor, KG Karthikeyan, P Barak - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Meeting stringent phosphorus (P) discharge standards remains one of the major challenges
for wastewater utilities due to increased economic burdens associated with advanced (ie …

Phosphorus recovery through struvite crystallisation: Recent developments in the understanding of operational factors

B Li, HM Huang, I Boiarkina, W Yu, YF Huang… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is an essential element for life and is predicted to deplete within the next 100
years. Struvite crystallization is a potential phosphorus recovery technique to mitigate this …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of a novel strategy based on hydrothermal carbonization for nutrient and energy recovery from food waste

A Sarrion, E Medina-Martos, D Iribarren, E Diaz… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel strategy for food waste valorization was evaluated from an
environmental life-cycle perspective. A system based on acid-assisted hydrothermal …