Struvite Production Cost Reports

The report provides a detailed analysis essential for establishing a struvite manufacturing plant. It encompasses all critical aspects necessary for struvite production, including the cost of struvite production, struvite plant cost, struvite production costs, and the overall struvite manufacturing plant cost. Additionally, the study covers specific expenditures associated with setting up and operating a struvite production plant. These encompass manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure needs, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, and more.

Struvite is a phosphate mineral that is extensively used in various industries. It is widely used as a viable fertilizer compound for phosphorous sources in agriculture. Moreover, it is used in the treatment of wastewater and preventing pipe clogging in treatment plants. It is also used in the reformation of degraded soils. Additionally, it is employed in the recovery of nutrients from animal waste.

The market for Struvite is majorly led by its application in agriculture as a substitute for fertilizers for phosphate sources, which remarkably promotes its market expansion. Its application in the treatment and purification of wastewater further enhances its demand in the water treatment industries. Additionally, its usage as a soil amendment for replenishing the nutrients of the soil and in the nutrient recovery from livestock waste effectively promotes its demand in agrochemical and animal waste management industries.

Its utilization in the production of fertilizers remarkably increases its demand in the chemical manufacturing and agrochemical industries. Furthermore, several factors influence industrial struvite procurement, such as the availability and cost of production of Struvite's raw materials, cost, and pricing, compliance with agricultural regulations, quality standards, technological advancements, environmental considerations, sustainability practices, distribution (including trading and shipping), logistics, safety standards, etc.

Raw Material for Struvite Production

According to the Struvite manufacturing plant project report, the major raw material for Struvite production includes Carbon Dioxide-Sodium Hydroxide-Magnesium Oxide/Magnesium Chloride.

Manufacturing Process of Struvite

The extensive Struvite production cost report consists of the following industrial manufacturing process:

• Production via Struvite Precipitation: The process is initiated by stripping CO2 via air injection in an environment with a pH of 7.5 or higher, followed by the addition of NaOH if CO2 stripping has not reached the desired pH value. Further, a magnesium source such as MgCl2, MgO, etc. initiates struvite precipitation in a struvite reactor. The crystals of struvite are formed and separated in a settling tank, followed by further drying and processing.

Struvite appears as white to yellowish or brownish-white crystals. The molecular formula of struvite is NH4MgPO4.6H20, and its molar mass is 245.3 g/mol. The density of struvite is around 1.701 g/cm3. Struvite forms crystals in the orthorhombic system. Pure struvite is slightly different, as it appears as a white to transparent powder. It does not completely dissolve in water but readily dissolves in acidic solutions. It is odorless. It loses its water of crystallization when exposed to heat. It has phosphorus as a constituent element, which is highly bioavailable to plants. It finds huge applications in the water treatment industries and the agriculture sector.