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Project

Techno-economic assessment of agro-industrial nutrient recovery processes.
Code
01CD4521
Duration
01 November 2021 → 28 February 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • (Waste)water treatment processes
    • Recycling
    • Materials recycling and valorisation
    • Environmental technologies
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agrochemistry and fertilisers
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion Nutrient recovery Ammonia stripping membrane filtration evaporation/condensation biobased fertilisers
 
Project description
 

This research focuses on nutrient recovery from manure and biowaste used in biogas installations.
As part of the research, three different innovative processes (ammonia stripping, membrane filtration and evaporation/condensation) that can be used to retrieve nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium will be mapped. The mass flow analyses will determine the fate of each component throughout the biorefinery process, resulting in renewable biobased fertilisers.