Effect of polyelectrolyte conditioning on the enhanced dewatering of activated sludge by application of an electric field during the expression phase

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3012-3020

  Saveyn, Hans ^a   Pauwels, Geert ^b   Timmerman, Rik ^b   Van Der Meeren, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Welders Filtration Technology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Cake filtration; Electrodewatering; Electroosmosis; Streaming potential; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTRATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; PRESSURE DEWATERING (PDW); SURFACE CHARGE; WATER TRANSPORT;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

POLYELECTROLYTE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEWATERING; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; POLYELECTROLYTE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROOSMOSIS; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 22944479927     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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