Optimizing the use of sludge treatment facilities at municipal WWTPs

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1807-1817

  Nowak, Otto ^a  

^a FH JOANNEUM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Co digestion; Costs for sludge disposal; Energy management of WWTPs; Sewage sludge; Sludge disintegration; Sludge management; Sludge treatment

Indexed keywords

CO-DIGESTION; COSTS FOR SLUDGE DISPOSAL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF WWTPS; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

COSTS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOGAS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33746432534     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520600778986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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