Simulation and assessment of sludge concentration and rheology in the process of waste activated sludge treatment

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1639-1645

  XIA, Mingfang ^a   WANG, Zhiwei ^b   WU, Zhichao ^b   WANG, Xinhua ^b   ZHOU, Zhen ^b   LU, Jilai ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

membrane filtration; membrane fouling; sludge digestion; sludge thickening; waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; EFICIENCY; FLAT-SHEET MEMBRANE; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR THINNING; SLUDGE CONCENTRATION; SLUDGE THICKENING; VISCOPLASTIC; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PLASTICITY; POROUS MATERIALS; REFUSE DIGESTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SIMULATORS; VISCOSITY;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SIMULATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72149088996     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62467-5     Document Type: Article

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