Effects of sludge properties on the thickening and dewatering of waste activated sludge

Water Environment Research

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2412-2419

  Merlo, Rion P ^a   Trussell, R Shane ^b   Hermanowicz, Slawomir W ^c   Jenkins, David ^c  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b TRUSSELL TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Dissolved air flotation thickening; Nocardioform bacteria; Solids dewatering; Solids thickening; Submerged membrane bioreactor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CENTRIFUGES; EFFLUENTS; FLOTATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; CENTRIFUGED PELLETS; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; FILAMENTOUS MICROORGANISMS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SUBMERGED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

DEWATERING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE THICKENING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

NOCARDIACEAE;

BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 38749151547     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X183925     Document Type: Article

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