Uni-directional freezing of waste activated sludges: Vertical freezing versus radial freezing

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2219-2228

  Hung, W T ^a   Feng, W H ^a   Tsai, I H ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Hong, S G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Dewaterability; Freezing; Particle migration

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEWATERING; FREEZING; HEAT CONDUCTION; ICE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

PARTICLE MIGRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; THAWING;

EID: 0031238520     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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