Use of acid preconditioning for enhanced dewatering of wastewater treatment sludges from the pulp and paper industry

Water Environment Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-176

  Mahmood, Talat ^a   Elliott, Allan ^a  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid; Acidification; Biological treatment; Biosolids; Conditioning; Cost; Dewatering; Pressing; Sludge; Water removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DEWATERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACID PRECONDITIONING; ACIDIFYING WAS; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT COST;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DEWATERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACID; ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOSOLID; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COST; DEWATERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP PROCESSING; REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PAPER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DRAINAGE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP INDUSTRY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; SULFURIC ACIDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 34247229567     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X111970     Document Type: Article

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