Effect of floc size and structure on biosolids capillary suction time

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 255-260

  Guan, J ^a   Amal, R ^a   Waite, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Capillary suction time; Floc size; Floc structure; Sludge dewaterability; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CAPILLARITY; DEWATERING;

BIOSOLIDS;

WASTEWATER;

POLYMER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; FLOC; SOLID WASTE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOSOLID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEWATERING; EXPERIMENTATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRUCTURE;

EID: 0041622825     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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