Effect of freeze/thaw conditions, polyelectrolyte addition, and sludge loading on sludge electro-dewatering process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Tuan, Pham Anh ^a   Sillanpaa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electro dewatering; Electro osmosis; Freeze thaw conditions; Polyelectrolyte addition; Sludge

Indexed keywords

DRY SOLIDS; ELECTRO-DEWATERING; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY; FREEZE/THAW; FREEZING CONDITIONS; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; LABORATORY SCALE; LOADING RATE; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CAKE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SOLID CONTENTS;

ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FREEZING; LOADING; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DEWATERING;

EID: 77957285582     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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