Phosphorus REcovery for FertiLisers frOm dairy processing Waste

Project Information

REFLOW

Grant agreement ID: 814258

DOI 10.3030/814258

Project closed

EC signature date 13 September 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 31 December 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 463 507,86

EU contribution € 3 460 650,29

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Ireland

Deliverables

Documents, reports (21)

Profile of changes to soil microbial communities and activities arising from application of REFLOW fertilizers
Report on consumer and retailer behavior - food purchasing
Submission of PhD progress report by all WP3 ESRs
Report on on techno-economic/env. performance

Report on second stage questionnaire on techno-economic/env. performance

Report on all STEM, outreach and stakeholder engagement activities
Report on FEVs for DPW products
Literature reviews of each research area in WP 1
Measures that will be implemented to prevent unauthorised access to personal data

measures that will be implemented to prevent unauthorised access to personal data

Summary report on all training events during P1
Summary reports on training events during P2
Final report on Dissemination outcomes
Report on crop yield, crop uptake of N
Report of alternative socio-economic models for value distribution (bio-economy)
Data management plan
Report on network kick-off meeting
Literature Review of each research area in WP 3

Literature Review of each research area in WP 3

Literature reviews of each research area in WP 2
Report on 1st stage techno-economic/env. assessment for project guidance
Report on the implementation of network and individual data management and knowledge transfer plans.
Submission of PhD progress report by all WP1 ESRs
Submission of PhD progress report by all WP2 ESR's

Other (4)

Model for Smart-Agri app for farmers to enable optimum fertilizer application
Policy Brief
REFLOW supervisory Board of the network
Indicators for communication of environmental sustainability of DPW fertilizer products

Open Research Data Pilot (2)

Model of soil P cycling and physico-chemical processes after fertilizer additions
Guidelines on management of DPW fertilizers, (timing & application rates) on forage soils, to maximize plant uptake and minimize nutrient losses to water

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (26)

Mineral fertiliser equivalent value of dairy processing sludge and derived biochar using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Author(s): W. Shi, M.G. Healy, S.M. Ashekuzzaman, K. Daly, O. Fenton
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue Volume 321, 2022, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116012

Tracing N2O from dairy processing sludge amended soil with visualizing microscale heterogeneity of NH3 and pH (Short Communication)

Author(s): Yihuai Hu, Theresa Merl, Johanna Pedersen, Marie Louise Bornø, Azeem Tariq, Klaus Koren, Sven Gjedde Sommer
Published in: Atmospheric Environment: X, Issue 23, 2024, Page(s) 100283, ISSN 2590-1621
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2024.100283

Systematic Review of Dairy Processing Sludge and Secondary STRUBIAS Products Used in Agriculture

Author(s): Yihuai Hu; Olha Khomenko; Olha Khomenko; Wenxuan Shi; Wenxuan Shi; Ángel Velasco-Sánchez; Ángel Velasco-Sánchez; S. M. Ashekuzzaman; Nadia Bennegadi-Laurent; Karen Daly; Owen Fenton; Mark G. Healy; J. J. Leahy; Peter Sørensen; Sven G. Sommer; Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi; Isabelle Trinsoutrot-Gattin
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Issue 5, 2021, Page(s) 763020, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.763020

Farmers' perceptions and intentions alongside the EU-27 to use Bio-based fertilisers: Insights from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Expected Utility Theory.

Author(s): Garmendia-Lemus, Sergio; Moshkin, Egor; Buysse, Jeroen; Tack, Jurgen
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 434, 2024, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7152214

Environmental assessment of phosphorus recovery from dairy sludge: A comparative LCA study

Author(s): Marta Behjat, Magdalena Svanström, Gregory Peters
Published in: Waste Management, Issue Volume 187, 2024, ISSN 0956-053X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2024.06.011

Assessment of willingness-to-pay for bio-based fertilisers among farmers and agricultural advisors in the EU

Author(s): Egor Moshkin, Sergio Garmendia Lemus, Lies Bamelis, Jeroen Buysse
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 414, 2023, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137548

Nutrients Recovery from Dairy Wastewater by Struvite Precipitation Combined with Ammonium Sorption on Clinoptilolite

Author(s): Claver Numviyimana, Jolanta Warchoł, Bartosz Ligas, Katarzyna Chojnacka
Published in: Materials, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 5822, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma14195822

Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of dairy waste: effect of temperature and initial acidity on the composition and quality of solid and liquid products

Author(s): Khalaf, Nidal; Shi, Wenxuan; Fenton, Owen; Kwapinski, Witold; Leahy, J.J.
Published in: Open Research Europe, Issue 2:83, 2023, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: Open Research Europe
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.14863.2

Sustainability indicator identification and selection for an innovative conceptual system: Phosphorus recovery from dairy wastewater

Author(s): Marta Behjat, Magdalena Svanström, Gregory Peters, Marta Perez-Soba
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue Volume 207, 2024, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107646

Phosphorus recovery as struvite from hydrothermal carbonization liquor of chemically produced dairy sludge by extraction and precipitation

Author(s): Claver Numviyimana; Jolanta Warchoł; Nidal Khalaf; James J Leahy; Katarzyna Chojnacka
Published in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Issue 10-1, 2022, ISSN 2213-3437
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106947

Phosphorus recovery from hydrothermal carbonization of organic waste: a review

Author(s): Nidal Khalaf, J.J. Leahy, Witold Kwapinski
Published in: Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Issue 98, 2023, Page(s) 2365-2377, ISSN 0268-2575
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.7475

Contrasting Phosphorus Build-up and Drawdown Dynamics in Soils Receiving Dairy Processing Sludge and Mineral Fertilisers

Author(s): Olha Khomenko, Owen Fenton, J. J. Leahy, Karen Daly
Published in: Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Issue 24, 2024, Page(s) 804-817, ISSN 0718-9516
Publisher: Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
DOI: 10.1007/s42729-023-01585-w

Soil microorganisms increase Olsen phosphorus from poorly soluble organic phosphate: A soil incubation study

Author(s): Á. Velasco-Sánchez, N. Bennegadi-Laurent, I. Trinsoutrot-Gattin, J. W. van Groenigen, G. Y. K. Moinet
Published in: Soil Use and Management, Issue Volume 40, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0266-0032
Publisher: CABI Publishing
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12960

Combination of Lolium perenne L. and Festuca arundinacea Schreb. improve yields under low phosphorus availability

Author(s): Ángel Velasco-Sánchez, Laura M. E. Ferron, Doina T. C. Mani, Nadia Bennegadi-Laurent, Isabelle Trinsoutrot-Gattin, Jan Willem Van Groenigen, Gabriel Y. K. Moinet
Published in: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, Issue 128, 2024, Page(s) 199-215, ISSN 1385-1314
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-024-10346-9

Innovative multiple resource recovery pathways from EBPR wastewater treatment–derived sludge

Author(s): Pablo M. Binder, Nicola Frison, Nagore Guerra-Gorostegi, Ipan Hidayat, Lidia Paredes, Laia Llenas, Enric Blázquez, Mabel Mora, Matteo Ballottari, Stefano Cazzaniga, Francesco Fatone, Sergio Ponsá Salas
Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 16421-16440, ISSN 2190-6823
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s13399-023-03849-y

Phosphorus fertiliser equivalent value of dairy processing sludge‐derived STRUBIAS products using ryegrass (<i>Lolium perenne</i> L.) and spring wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>)

Author(s): W. Shi, Owen Fenton, S. M. Ashekuzzaman, K. Daly, J. J. Leahy, N. Khalaf, K. Chojnacka, C. Numviyimana, J. Warchoł, M. G. Healy
Published in: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Issue 187, 2024, Page(s) 215-224, ISSN 1436-8730
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.202300164

Optical Chemical Sensors for Soil Analysis: Possibilities and Challenges of Visualizing NH3 Concentrations as well as pH and O2 Microscale Heterogeneity

Author(s): Theresa Merl; Yihuai Hu; Johanna Pedersen; Silvia E. Zieger; Marie Louise Bornø; Azeem Tariq; Sven Gjedde Sommer; Klaus Koren
Published in: Environmental Science: Advances, Issue Issue 9, 2023, Page(s) pp. 1210-1219, ISSN 2754-7000
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-2zx46

A Novel Hybrid Membrane Process Coupled with Freeze Concentration for Phosphorus Recovery from Cheese Whey

Author(s): Ipan Hidayat, Lidia Paredes, Pablo M. Binder, Nagore Guerra-Gorostegi, Mabel Mora, Sergio Ponsá, Darren L. Oatley-Radcliffe, Laia Llenas
Published in: Membranes, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 450, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
DOI: 10.3390/membranes13040450

Struvite production from dairy processing wastewater: Optimizing reaction conditions and effects of foreign ions through multi-response experimental models

Author(s): Claver Numviyimana, Jolanta Warchoł, Grzegorz Izydorczyk, Sylwia Baśladyńska, Katarzyna Chojnacka
Published in: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Issue 117, 2020, Page(s) 182-189, ISSN 1876-1070
Publisher: Elsevier Science
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2020.11.031

Effects of dairy processing sludge and derived biochar on greenhouse gas emissions from Danish and Irish soils

Author(s): Yihuai Hu; Tobias Pape Thomsen; Owen Fenton; Sven Gjedde Sommer; Wenxuan Shi; Wenjing Cui
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 216, 2023, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114543

Changes in phosphorus turnover when soils under long-term P management are amended with bio-based fertiliser

Author(s): Khomenko, Olha; Fenton, Owen; LEAHY, JAMES J; Daly, Karen
Published in: Geoderma, Issue 430, 2023, ISSN 1872-6259
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116288

Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture

Author(s): W. Shi, M.G. Healy, S.M. Ashekuzzaman, K. Daly, J.J. Leahy, O. Fenton
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 314, 2021, Page(s) 128035, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128035

A comparative study of thermally and chemically treated dairy waste: Impacts on soil phosphorus turnover and availability using 33P isotope dilution

Author(s): Olha Khomenko; Owen Fenton; J.J. Leahy; Karen Daly
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 326, 2023, ISSN 1095-8630
Publisher: Science Direct
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116702

A meta-analysis of LCAs for environmental assessment of a conceptual system: Phosphorus recovery from dairy wastewater

Author(s): Marta Behjat, Magdalena Svanström, Gregory Peters
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 369, 2023, Page(s) 133307, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133307

An examination of maximum legal application rates of dairy processing and associated STRUBIAS fertilising products in agriculture

Author(s): W. Shi, O. Fenton, S.M. Ashekuzzaman, K. Daly, J.J. Leahy, N. Khalaf, Y. Hu, K. Chojnacka, C. Numviyimana, M.G. Healy
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 301, 2022, Page(s) 113880, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113880

Sewage Sludge Thermal Treatment Technologies with a Focus on Phosphorus Recovery: A Review

Author(s): Witold Kwapinski, Iva Kolinovic, James J. Leahy
Published in: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Issue 12, 2021, Page(s) 5837-5852, ISSN 1877-2641
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-020-01280-2

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Circular economy in the dairy industry: Processing wastes to P-rich bio-based fertilisers

Author(s): Sergio Ponsá Salas
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue January 2021, 2021, Page(s) 500-501, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4650290

Other (1)

Process to increase ash quality: Preliminary findings

Author(s): Zende, Vishal; Curtin, Teresa; Willems, Isabelle
Published in: Phosphorus in Europe Research Meeting, Issue 5, 2022
Publisher: ESPP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7256340