Disintegration of sewage sludge with bifrequency ultrasonic treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1445-1453

  Jiang, Jianguo ^a   Yang, Shihui ^a   Chen, Maozhe ^a   Zhang, Qunfang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bifrequency; Disintegration; Floc structure; Metal ion; SCOD; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE FREQUENCY; FLOC STRUCTURE; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; METAL-ION RELEASE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; ORGANIC MATTER; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; SOLUBLE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; TREATMENT TIME; ULTRA-SONICATION; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; METAL IONS; METALS; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS;

DISINTEGRATION;

MANGANESE; METAL ION; ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

ELECTRICITY; METALS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; SONICATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953143910     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.469     Document Type: Article

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