Co-conditioning of the anaerobic digested sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant with alum sludge: Benefit of phosphorus reduction in reject water

Water Environment Research

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2468-2476

  Yang, Y ^a   Zhao, Y Q ^a   Babatunde, A O ^a   Kearney, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Alum sludge; Anaerobic digested sludge; Biological phosphorus removal; Conditioning; Nutrient control; Phosphorus removal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEWATERING; NATURAL GAS CONDITIONING; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; RECLAMATION; REDUCTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ALUM SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; DIGESTED SLUDGES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; FILTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 39849097596     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X184753     Document Type: Article

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