Morphology of Sludge Cake at Electroosmosis Dewatering

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1331-1346

  Chu, C P ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Liu, Z ^b   Jin, W H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroosmotic dewatering; Microtome; Pore; Sludge cakes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROSTATICS; FRACTALS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

MOISTURE REMOVAL; SLUDGE CAKES;

DEWATERING;

DEWATERING; FILTER CAKE; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEWATERING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICROTOME; MOISTURE; POROSITY; SLUDGE;

EID: 2142654935     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-120030486     Document Type: Article

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