UBC Civil Engineering Professor Don Mavinic, co-inventor of the process to reclaim struvite (phosphorus and other nutrients) from wastewater, will demonstrate for the first time the 4th Generation UBC Crystal Reactor for Struvite Recovery.
Event: UBC Crystal Reactor for Struvite Recovery Pilot-scale demonstration
Date: Tuesday June 4, 2013
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Annacis Wastewater Centre (AWC)
1400 Lindsey Place
Delta, BC V3M 6V1
http://goo.gl/maps/n4RVI
Phosphorus — the “P” in NPK fertilizer — an essential nutrient for plants and animals, is rapidly depleting. Mined sources of high-quality phosphorus are expected to run out in the next 30 to 40 years. Its depletion will have a catastrophic effect on the world’s food supply and security.
“There is no alternative to phosphorus,” says UBC Civil Engineering Prof. Don Mavinic. “Life depends upon it.”
Mavinic co-invented a process for recovering phosphorus from wastewater that creates struvite fertilizer pellets, developing a renewable resource.
For the first time ever, he will show how these struvite pellets form and mix within the liquid turbulence and create a usable fertilizer. Visuals include a transparent, large-scale, pilot-plant column reactor, the 4th Generation UBC Crystal Reactor.
This large column reactor, a precursor to a possible full-scale installation at the Annacis Wastewater Centre, was built and paid for by Metro Vancouver and NSERC Synergy Award funds.
Please RSVP to Valerie Martin at valerie.martin@ubc.ca
