Polymer conditioning of alum sludge and discrepancies between estimates of the optimum dosage

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Zhao, Y Q ^a   Papavasilopoulos, E N ^b   Bache, D H ^c   Mackinnon, P A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Strathclyde ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alum sludge; Conditioning; Dewatering; Optimum dosage; Polymer; Sludge characteristics

Indexed keywords

POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FLOC SIZE; OPTIMUM DOSAGE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; POLYMER;

DEWATERING; POLYMER; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEWATERING; EXPERIMENTATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SUCTION; SUPERNATANT; TIME; TURBIDITY; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2242449758     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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