Assessment of capillary suction time (CST) test methodologies

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1377-1386

  Sawalha, O ^a   Scholz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dewaterability testing; Filtration; Methodology evaluation; Product design; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; PAPER; PRODUCT DESIGN; WASTEWATER;

CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; DATA VARIABILITY; DEWATERABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; METHODOLOGY EVALUATION; STANDARD PAPERS; TEST METHODOLOGY; WHATMAN;

BENCHMARKING;

DEWATERING; FILTRATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BENCHMARKING; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; SLUDGE; SLURRY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 39149107836     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618898     Document Type: Article

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