Ultrasonic enhancement of industrial sludge settling ability and dewatering ability

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-378

  Zhang, Guangming ^a   Zhang, Panyue ^b   Chen, Yanming ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Chromium; Industrial sludge; Sludge volume; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ORE TREATMENT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEWATERING; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONICS;

DEWATERING ABILITY; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; SLUDGE SETTLING ABILITY; SLUDGE VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33747049262     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(06)70203-6     Document Type: Article

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