Dewatering of urban residual sludges: Filterability and hydro-textural characteristics of conditioned sludge

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Ruiz, Thierry ^a   Kaosol, Thaniya ^a   Wisniewski, Christelle ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Hydro textural characterization; Mechanical dewatering; Sludge conditioning; Urban residual sludge; Water content limit

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONED SLUDGE; HIGH ORGANIC; HIGH-PRESSURE FILTRATION; LIQUID LIMITS; MECHANICAL DEWATERING; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PLASTIC LIMIT; RESIDUAL SLUDGE; SLUDGE COMPOSITION; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC; TEXTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEWATERING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77951092880     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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