Measurement of additional shear during sludge conditioning and dewatering

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3249-3260

  Örmeci, Banu ^a   Ahmad, Ayaz ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Dewatering; Measurement; Optimization; Rheology; Shear

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; AUTOMATION; ELASTICITY; SHEAR FLOW; TORQUE;

CONDITIONING; EXPOSED TO; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPTIMISATIONS; POLYMER DOSE; RHEOGRAMS; SHEAR; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS;

DEWATERING;

POLYMER;

CONDITIONING; DEWATERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER CAKE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TECHNIQUE; TORQUE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DESICCATION; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TORQUE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 67649216498     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.049     Document Type: Article

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