“…Upon incineration, sewage sludge is significantly dwindled in volume, and those toxic organics are nearly eliminated . Importantly, all organic and inorganic P are converted into orthophosphate forms, , leading to an enhancement of P content (from 4 to 11.9%) in the obtained SSIA and thereby facilitating subsequent recovery. , Currently, various wet-chemical SSIA extraction processes have been developed for P recovery; however, the unavoidable release of intrinsic adverse metals, such as heavy metals, indeed toughens the downstream separation of P with them. In addition, time-consuming trials for extractant screening and dosage determination hamper large-scale practice, although diverse extractants including strong inorganic acids , and bases , and organic acids , have been employed in bench scales to attain relatively satisfactory performances of P extraction from SSIA.…”