Insight into biological phosphate recovery from sewage
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Bioresource Technology, 2016, 218 pp. 874 - 881
- Issue Date:
- 2016-10-01
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The world's increasing population means that more food production is required. A more sustainable supply of fertilizers mainly consisting of phosphate is needed. Due to the rising consumption of scarce resources and limited natural supply of phosphate, the recovery of phosphate and their re-use has potentially high market value. Sewage has high potential to recover a large amount of phosphate in a circular economy approach. This paper focuses on utilization of biological process integrated with various subsequent processes to concentrate and recycle phosphate which are derived from liquid and sludge phases. The phosphate accumulation and recovery are discussed in terms of mechanism and governing parameters, recovery efficiency, application at plant-scale and economy.
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