Effect of biodegradation on the consolidation properties of a dewatered municipal sewage sludge

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1395-1405

  O'Kelly, Brendan C ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPRESSION INDEX; SLUDGE MATERIALS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODEGRADATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSOLIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

EID: 44149114480     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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