Sludge dewaterability and floc structure in dual polymer conditioning

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-136

  Lee, C H ^a   Liu, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Dewatering; Dual; Floc structure; Polymer; Sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013410052     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(00)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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