Application of alkaline treatment for sludge decrement and humic acid recovery

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6278-6283

  Li, Huan ^a   Jin, Yiying ^a   Nie, Yongfeng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline treatment; Dewatering ability; Humic acid; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE TREATMENT; DEWATERED SLUDGE; DEWATERING ABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANICS; DRY SOLIDS; HUMIC ACID; LIQUID FERTILIZERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANICS; PERMEATE FLUX; RESIDUAL SLUDGE; RETENTATE; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

FERTILIZER; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEWATERING; HUMIC ACID; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOPOLYMERS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEWAGE; SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 69049091759     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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