Process & contact
Flashphos (Uni. Stuttgart, Italmatch)
Italmatch: Member ESPP
Project summary on EU CORDIS website.
Updated 9/2021
Input materials
Dewatered sewage sludge or other organic wastes containing P.
Output products
P4 (white phosphorus)
Process description
Input materials are dried and ground, then flash gasified at high temperatures with CaO (lime) as slagging agent to produce elemental phosphorus (P4).
The process claims to also produce a cement material and a valorisable iron metal alloy (so recovering iron salts used in wastewater phosphorus removal).
FlashPhos presentation at ESPP’s PERM4 meeting, 2nd June 2021.
Project summary on EU CORDIS website.
University of Stuttgart press release 7th June 2021.
Operating status
FlashPhos is based on different technologies of project partners will develop and unify to best standards. The process will be integrated into existing industrial infrastructure (cement plants).
12 M€ funding under Horizon 2020 announced June 2021 to construct and test a c. 2 tonnes/day dry matter input pilot plant