Simha, Prithvi
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Recycling resources excreted in human urine can help achieve a sustainable future and circular economy in the sanitation space. However, many studies researching different technologies for safely recycling urine do not use real human urine for experimentation, relying instead on recipes for making synthetic or artificial solutions that attempt to mimic the composition of real human urine. This methodological choice is the focus of this article, which points out that the real urine matrix is extremely complex, with a metabolome (>2,500 metabolites) that differs greatly from that of synthetic urine (
Keywords
simulation; synthetic urine; membrane; micropollutants; nutrient recycling; wastewater treatment
Published in
Frontiers in Environmental Science
2024, volume: 12, article number: 1367982
Publisher: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
SLU Authors
Randall, Dyllon
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- University of Cape Town
- Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1367982
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129280