Thermal drying of wastewater sludge with crack formation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 177-182

  Chen, J B ^a   Peng, X F ^a   Tao, T ^a   Lee, D J ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crack; Drying potential; Drying rate; Sludge

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DRYING; SAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CROSSFLOW VELOCITY; DRYING FLUX; THERMAL DRYING; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CRACK; DRYING; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TIME; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 10244225344     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0564     Document Type: Article

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