Pigs and chicken can eat phosphorus from waste water
Researchers from SDU succeeded in extracting pure phosphorus from waste water. Pure phosphorus is sold as animal feed phosphate for pigs and chicken, but EU-rules are tripping up.
Meet the researcher
Haiyan Qu is professor WSR at SDU Chemical Engineering. For many years, she has investigated how to optimise medicinal products. Now she is applying for a patent for the technology OxyCrysP which can recover pure phosphorus from waste water.