Influence of pretreating activated sludge with acid and surfactant prior to conventional conditioning on filtration dewatering

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-143

  Chen, Yinguang ^a   Chen, Yin Sheng ^b   Gu, Guowei ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid; Activated sludge; Filtration dewatering; Pretreatment; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL CONDITIONERS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERS (ECP); WATER CONTENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACID; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 2142774034     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2003.08.027     Document Type: Article

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