Effect of using different particle sizes of sand as filter media for dewatering faecal sludge

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Kuffour, A R ^a   Awuah, E ^a   Anyemedu, F O K ^a   Strauss, M ^b   Kone D ^b   Cofie, O ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

biosolids; Contaminant load; Dewatering time; Faecal sludge; Filter medium; Percolate

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT LOAD; CONTAMINANT LOADS; DRYING BED; FAECAL SLUDGE; FILTER MEDIA; FILTER MEDIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; PERCOLATE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE;

DEWATERING;

BIOSOLID; DEWATERING; FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERCOLATION; SAND; SLUDGE;

EID: 70349503975     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.121     Document Type: Article

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