Factors affecting floc properties during aerobic digestion: Implications for dewatering

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Murthy, Sudhir N ^a   Novak, John T ^a,b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic digestion; Cation; Conditioning; Dewatering; Exocellular polymer; Polysaccharide; Protein

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEWATERING; POLYSACCHARIDES; POSITIVE IONS; PROTEINS; TURBIDITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EXOCELLULAR POLYMER; FLOC PROPERTIES; SUPERNATANT TURBIDITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE THICKENING; TURBIDITY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0033103239     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098x121879     Document Type: Article

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