TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Herzel, Hannes ED - Lederer, J. ED - Laner, D. ED - Rechberger, H. ED - Fellner, J. T1 - Phosphorus flows in German sewage sludge ashes and potential recovery technologies N2 - Phosphorus (P) is essential for all forms of life and cannot be substituted. It is one of the macro nutrients applied in form of mineral or organic fertilizers in agricultural crop production. Mineral P fertilizers are generally based on phosphate rock, a limited resource. Western Europe completely depends on imports as it has no own relevant phosphate mines. The most abundant phosphate deposits are located only in a few countries such as Morocco, China, South Africa and the United States of America. Furthermore, phosphate rock and as a consequence mineral P fertilizers are often contaminated with the toxic elements cadmium and uranium. In Order to substitute phosphate rock P-bearing waste streams are investigated for their potential to be recyded as fertilizers. Wastewater is one of the important P-bearing waste streams that were in the focus of research in the last 10 years. German wastewater is e.g. a carrier of approx. 70,000 t of phosphorus per year. T2 - International workshop on technospheric mining - Mining the technosphere - drivers and barriers, challenges and opportunities CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 01.10.2015 KW - Phosphorus recovery KW - Sewage sludge ash PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-85234-132-3 SP - 77 EP - 80 AN - OPUS4-34542 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Schick, J. A1 - Kratz, S. A1 - Hermann, L. T1 - Phosphorus recovery by thermochemical treatment of sewage sludge ash T2 - 5th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies CY - Zürich, Switzerland DA - 2008-06-01 KW - Phosphorus recovery KW - Sewage sludge ash KW - Thermochemical treatment KW - Fertiliser KW - Greenhouse pot experiments PY - 2008 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - International Water Association (IWA) CY - London AN - OPUS4-17568 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Suhendra, Suhendra A1 - Vogel, Christian A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Tetzlaff, K. T1 - Production of marketable multi-nutrient fertilisers from different biomass ashes and industrial by-products N2 - Sewage sludge ashes (SSA) contain considerable mass fractions of phosphorus (5-10 w-% P) suitable for fertiliser production. Unfortunately, also most of the heavy metals remain in the ashes. A thermochemical process was developed for the treatment of SSA to i) remove heavy metals and ii) transform phosphates into bio-available mineral phases. The technology was already demonstrated in technical scale (capacity of 300 kg/h) and the company OUTOTEC is currently planning the first industrial plant. In order to manufacture a marketable multi-nutrient fertiliser from the thermochemically treated SSA further wastes and industrial by-products were taken into account. Ammonium sulphate occurs as a by-product of the caprolactam production and was chosen as N-carrier (21 w-% N). Straw ash was tested as potassium carrier (11-15 w-% K). Granulation campaigns were carried out with intensive mixers in lab-, medium-and technical scale. NPS-and NPKS-fertilisers were produced that were characterised by suitable particle size distributions and strength. T2 - ASH Utilisation 2012 CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 25.01.2012 KW - Sewage sludge ash KW - Recycling fertiliser KW - Heavy metals KW - Thermochemical treatment KW - Bioavailability PY - 2012 SP - 1 EP - 7 CY - Stockholm, Sweden AN - OPUS4-25496 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Kley, Gerd A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg A1 - Lehmann, Annekatrin ED - Filibeli, A. ED - F. Dilek Sanin, ED - Ayol, A. ED - Selim L. Sanin, T1 - Recovery of nutrients from sewage sludge - Results of the European research-project SUSAN T2 - IWA-Specialist Conference "Facing Sludge Diversities: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities" CY - Antalya, Turkey DA - 2007-03-28 KW - Phosphorus recovery KW - Sewage sludge ash KW - Thermo-chemical treatment KW - Fertiliser PY - 2007 N1 - Serientitel: Journal of environmental science and health : Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering – Series title: Journal of environmental science and health : Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering IS - 43.2008,13 SP - 297 EP - 305 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadalphia, PA AN - OPUS4-16468 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Resource recovery potential of sewage sludge ashes (SSA) T2 - Crete 2012 - 3rd International conference on industrial and hazardous waste management CY - Chania, Crete, Greece DA - 2012-09-12 KW - Sewage sludge ash KW - Phosphorous recovery KW - Mass balance KW - Resource recovery potential PY - 2012 SN - 978-960-8475-17-5 SN - 2241-3138 IS - Session 5: Recovery opportunities SP - 73 EP - 74 AN - OPUS4-26570 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Sewage sludge ashes - waste or valuable resource N2 - There is a growing concern of the direct use of contaminated sewage sludge in agriculture due possible environmental and health hazards. Thus, incineration of the sludge and thus increasing amounts of sewage sludge ashes (SSA) are to be expected in the future. SSA contains considerable amounts of phosphorus (P) and technology metals that might be recovered as secondary raw materials. Since the EU for instance depends completely on the import of rock phosphate needed for fertilizer production, alternative sources for P are in order. Furthermore, rock phosphate is often contaminated with heavy metals like Cd and U, leading to health and environmental hazards. P recovered from SSA might diminish these problems. To determine the possible recovery potential of P and technology metals from SSA, we conducted a survey of German mono incineration facilities and analyzed the respective SSA for their elemental composition. More than 95% of the emerging SSA was monitored. Results indicate a P recovery potential of 18,000 t/a (up to 13% of the annual P demands for fertilizer production). The concentrations of Cd and U in SSA are one to two Orders of magnitude lower than in rock phosphate and could help to reduce possible hazards. T2 - 4th International conference industrial and hazardous waste management (Crete 2014) CY - Chania, Crete, Greece DA - 02.09.2014 KW - Sewage sludge ash KW - Resource recovery KW - Phosphorus KW - Technology metals PY - 2014 SN - 978-960-8475-20-5 SN - 2241-3138 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-31396 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -