The effect of cationic salt addition on the settling and dewatering properties of an industrial activated sludge

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 984-996

  Novak, John T ^a   Love, Nancy G ^a   Smith, Michelle L ^b   Wheeler, Elliott R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Civil Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bioflocculation; Cation addition; Dewatering; Settling

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; MAGNESIUM; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; PROTEINS; SODIUM; SOLIDS; WASTEWATER;

CATIONIC SALT; LIQUOR; MONOVALENT TO DIVALENT CATION RATIO; SETTLING PROPERTY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

BIOPOLYMER; CATION; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEWATERING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0032127606     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123318     Document Type: Article

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