Enhanced sludge conditioning by enzyme pre-treatment: Comparison of laboratory and pilot scale dewatering results

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 33-41

  Dursun, Derya ^a   Turkmen, M ^a   Abu Orf, Mohammad ^b   Dentel, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge and Crown Press ; Conditioning; Dewatering; Enzyme pre treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CENTRIFUGATION; DEWATERING; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; RHEOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENZYME PRE-TREATMENT; SLUDGE CONDITIONING;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

POLYMER; WATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CENTRIFUGATION; DEWATERING; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DEWATERING; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR TEST; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DESICCATION; ENZYMES; FILTRATION; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

DELAWARE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751028732     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.544     Document Type: Article

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