Moisture adsorption and desorption behavior of sludge powder

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1195-1203

  Freire, F B ^a   Freire, F Bentes ^b   Pires, E C ^c   Freire, J T ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equilibrium moisture content; Model fit; Powder storage; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; DRYING; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; TROPICS;

EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS; MODEL FIT; MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERMS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SATURATED SALT SOLUTION;

MOISTURE;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; MOISTURE; POWDERS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DESORPTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; SLUDGE;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ISOTHERM; MOISTURE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 36949001135     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618880     Document Type: Article

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