Emissions of reduced gaseous sulfur compounds from wastewater sludge: Redox effects

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Devai, Istvan ^a   Delaune, Ronald D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; Carbonyl sulfide; Dimethyl sulfide; Hydrogen sulfide; Malodorous sulfur gases; Methanethiol; Oxidation reduction (redox) processes; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; CARBON DISULFIDE; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; REDOX REACTIONS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBONY SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SULFIDE; SULFUR; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EMISSION; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033979147     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2000.17.1     Document Type: Article

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