Short-term effects of additives on sludge sedimentation characteristics

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-390

  Vanderhasselt, Alexis ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Additives; Polymer; Settling; Talc; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTATION; TALC; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SETTLOMETERS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

POLYMER; TALC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING; SLUDGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SLUDGE SETTLING;

EID: 0033080627     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00204-8     Document Type: Article

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