| Title |
Techno-economic and life cycle analysis of circular phosphorus systems in agriculture |
| ID_Doc |
7690 |
| Authors |
Sen, A; Bakshi, BR |
| Title |
Techno-economic and life cycle analysis of circular phosphorus systems in agriculture |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162016 |
| Abstract |
Fertilizer runoff is a global nuisance that disrupts biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus. We perform techno-economic and life cycle analyses of selected approaches for enabling a circular economy of phosphorus. We consider four schemes: capturing P with ion-exchange resins followed by precipitation, interception by wetland and recovery in char after biomass pyrolysis, removal by bioreactor and recovery in char after bioreactor substrate pyrol-ysis, and using legacy phosphorus accumulated in a saturated wetland to grow crops by wetlaculture. For each system, we analyze the mass flow, calculate the degree of circularity, and examine the feasibility by techno-economic and life cycle analyses. We find that although ion exchange outperforms the others, the associated economic and emissions burden are too high. Approaches that rely on wetlands are most economically attractive and can have lower impact. However, without policy interventions, the linear economy of phosphorus is likely to remain economically most attractive. |
| Author Keywords |
Phosphorus runoff; Techno-economic analysis; Life cycle assessment; Ion-exchange; Wetlands; Wetlaculture |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000943028100001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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