Use of a laboratory-scale vertical sludge press to optimize polymer-enhanced dewatering of pulp mill waste-activated sludge

Journal of Pulp and Paper Science

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages

  Groves, M I ^a   Staiger, K M ^b   Branion, R M R ^a   Duff, S J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Coagulants; Drainage aids; Flocculants; Optimization; Presses; Water removal

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROCESS CONTROL; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

LABORATORY SCALE VERTICAL SLUDGE PRESS; PRIMARY SLUDGE FRACTION; PULP MILL WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; VERTICAL SLUDGE PROCESS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE (WAS);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

EID: 0030394134     PISSN: 08266220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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