The application of settling velocity as a parameter for characterising wastewater solids

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Hedges, Peter D ^a   Becker, Fiona A ^a   Smisson, Robert P M ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Smisson Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metals; Pollutants; Settling velocity; Sewage; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

EXPERIMENTS; METALS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

SEWERS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031886185     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00754-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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