The fundamentals of wastewater sludge characterization and filtration

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Scales, Peter J ^a   Dixon, D R ^a   Harbour, P J ^a   Stickland, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compression; Filtration; Permeability; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

WASTEWATER INDUSTRY; WATER SCIENCE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPRESSION; FILTRATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; COST; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER; FILTRATION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY; LANDFILL; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE SETTLING; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY; TIME;

EID: 3242806144     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0610     Document Type: Article

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