(Bio)Engineering
In this course you will learn why and how to recover nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. You will also learn about nutrient recovery technologies, in particular ammonia stripping/scrubbing and struvite precipitation.
Introduction video
Meet the teacher
Learning objectives
What do you want to learn?
Have a look at what other students want to learn
Present yourself to your classmates
Become familiar with the learning platform
Good practices to use this course
How to obtain your course certificate
Before really kicking off...
Global environmental change
Key drivers for nitrogen recovery
Key drivers for phosphorus recovery
Test your knowledge
Further reading
Open question
State-of-the-art nutrient recovery technologies
Let's compare!
Let's compare! Solution
Test your knowledge
Further reading
Open question
What is ammonia stripping and scrubbing?
Let's have a look at stoichiometry: quick questions
Let's have a look at stoichiometry
Discussion: What can we do with the recovered ammonium sulfate?
What can we do with the recovered products?
Reactor design and operation
Costs and benefits
Time for a case study!
Test your knowledge
Further reading
Open question
What is struvite precipitation?
Let's have a look at stoichiometry: quick question
Let's have a look at stoichiometry!
Discussion: What can we do with the recovered struvite?
What can we do with the recovered products?
Reactor design and operation
Costs and benefits
Time for a case study!
Test your knowledge
Further reading
Open question
Concluding video
What did you learn?
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