November 2023 - Regionales Phosphor-Recycling

Process engineering exchange on struvite precipitation

30. November 202315. February 2024

Process engineering exchange on struvite precipitation

The research project P-Net is planning the event “Struvite precipitation as an attractive variant of phosphorus recovery – An offer to exchange process engineering experience” on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at the Steinhof sewage treatment plant near Braunschweig.

With this event, the project P-Net would like to focus on the various possibilities of phosphorus digestion and its subsequent recovery via precipitation. Recently, there have been major steps in process engineering development in this area. These will be examined, classified and discussed together. In a joint discussion, we will discuss how these developments can be further supported and promoted with regard to process engineering issues, the products and markets concerned and also through joint lobbying and networking.

Registration is closed. Please find the program here. Contact information is pnet@isoe.de.

RePhoR at the 9th P-RÜCK congress

29. November 20235. December 2023

RePhoR at the 9th P-RÜCK congress

From November 22–23, 2023, the DWA-Landesverband Baden-Württemberg held the 9th congress “Phosphorus – A critical raw material with a future” in Stuttgart. The thematically diverse event addressed various aspects of phosphorus recycling on topics such as recycling management, strategies and concepts or phosphorus recovery processes. Dr. Roland Meyer presented the sustainability aspect of phosphorus recycling. The presentation specifically addressed the cross-cutting topic 2 “Sustainability assessment” of the BMBF funding measure RePhoR. RePhoR was already mentioned at the beginning of the congress in an introductory speech by Prof. Pinnekamp, which made it possible to introduce the project to a broad specialist audience.

6th RePhoR steering committee meeting in Frankfurt a. M.

9. November 20235. December 2023

6th RePhoR steering committee meeting in Frankfurt a. M.

On 09.11.23, the RePhoR steering committee meeting took place on the grounds of Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt am Main. With the kind permission of the RePhoR joint project RePhoRM and the joint partner Infraserv Höchst, the group met in the old control room on the industrial site. Part of the day’s program included a tour of the RePhoRM pilot plant and Infraserv Höchst’s sewage sludge incineration plant.

The steering committee is used for cross-project networking between the research projects and for discussing overarching issues. Among other things, cross-cutting topics are defined on which all interested joint projects work together during the course of the funding measure, e. g. in workshops. In addition, joint activities are planned for the utilization and practical implementation of the project results and for public relations work. The steering committee is made up of the coordinators of the joint projects, the networking project and experts, e.g. from industry, associations, authorities and government departments. Representatives of the BMBF and the project sponsor also take part in the steering committee meetings, which take place up to every six months.