Pilot scale evaluation of sludge reduction techniques at a TMP/newsprint mill: Sludge conditioning can reduce the cost of nutrients

Pulp and Paper Canada

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-63

  Elliott, A ^a   Dorica, J ^a   Brousseau, Y ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b Donohue Normick Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Decrements; Effluent treatment; Newsprint; Recycling; Thermomechanical pulping; Ultraviolet radiation; Yield

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NEWSPRINT; RECYCLING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION CONDITIONING;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

EID: 0032761417     PISSN: 03164004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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