Influences of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on dewaterability of thickened sludge

Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Zhu, Rui ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Wei, Chuanyin ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dewaterability; Extracellular polymeric substances; Humus soil; Polysaccharides; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953970980     PISSN: 04798023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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