Electro-dewatering of sludge under pressure and non-pressure conditions

Environmental Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1075-1084

  Tuan, P A ^a   Jurate, V ^a   Mika, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Electro dewatering; Electro osmosis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANODES; CATHODES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SLUDGES; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRO-DEWATERING; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PH BUFFERING CAPACITY; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

DEWATERING;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEWATERING; PH; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DEWATERING; ELECTROOSMOSIS; PH; PRESSURE; SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 50649096580     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330802180294     Document Type: Article

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