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ReCoverP

Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater treatment systems

ReCoverP

Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater treatment systems

In the ReCoverP project we will increase the P recovery from wastewater and transform it into high quality P products that can be used in agriculture and industry. This will be achieved by optimization of the biological P removal in wastewater treatment plants without compromising the effluent quality, the release of P into bulk water in digesters, pre-concentration and precipitation of P by novel membranes, ion exchange, and crystallization technologies. This will strengthen Denmark’s ability to minimize our dependence of imported P and to aid the transformation of Danish WWTPs to P-recovery units providing economic benefits for the WWTPs and society.

The ReCoverP project is funded by Innovation Fund Denmark (www.innovationsfonden.dk) together with companies and universities in the period 2015-2018.

The ReCoverP project is divided into four workpackages:

  • Design of optimal microbial community for P-recovery
  • P-pools in wastewater treatment plants and digesters
  • Production of well-defined P products
  • Recovery of P by use of membranes

Contact

Project Leader

Professor Per Halkjær Nielsen
Section of Biotechnology, Aalborg University
Phone: (45) 9940 8503
Mobile: (45) 2173 5089
E-mail: phn@bio.aau.dk 

Scientific koordinator

Staff Scientist Marta Nierychlo
Section of Biotechnology, Aalborg University
Mobile: (45) 6172 3721
E-mail: mni@bio.aau.dk

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