Effect of anaerobic digestion and anaerobic/aerobic digestion processes on sludge dewatering

Journal of Residuals Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Subramanian, Sangeetha ^a   Kumar, Nitin ^a   Murthy, Sudhir ^b   Novak, John T ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b DC Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

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EID: 57349155088     PISSN: 15448053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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