Toward the conceptual and quantitative understanding of biosolids conditioning: The gel approach

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1679-1685

  Dursun, Derya ^a   Dentel, Steven K ^b  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Conditioning; Dewatering; Flocculation; Gel; Osmotic pressure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONDITIONING; COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES; COLLOIDAL GELS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONDITIONING; GEL NETWORKS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; WASTEWATER SOLIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER;

GELS;

FERRIC CHLORIDE; LANTHANUM CHLORIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; SOLVENT; WATER;

BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; GEL; MODEL TEST; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; GEL; HYDROLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLUTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLOCCULATION; METHODOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FLOCCULATION; GELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER;

EID: 67651214378     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.202     Document Type: Article

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