Alum sludge dewatering using Moringa oleifera as a conditioner

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-167

  Ghebremichael, Kebreab A ^a   Hultman, Bengt ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alum; column drainage; CST; Moringa oleifera; polyelectrolyte; shear strength; sludge conditioning; SRF; water treatment sludge

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME (CST); MORINGA OLEIFERA (MO); SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION (SRF);

CAPILLARITY; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; FILTRATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SHEAR STRENGTH; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DEWATERING;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ALUM; DEWATERING; FLOCCULANT; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; MORINGA OLEIFERA; SAND; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLUDGE DEWATERING; WATER TREATMENT;

MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 6044252425     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000044852.23764.9c     Document Type: Article

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