Benefit of lignite as a filter aid for dewatering of digested sewage sludge demonstrated in pilot scale trials

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 504-510

  Qi, Ying ^a   Thapa, Khagendra B ^a,b   Hoadley, Andrew F A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Robert Bosch Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digested sludge; Dewaterability; Filter press; Lignite; Physical conditioner

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTED SLUDGE; CONDITIONED SLUDGE; DEWATERABILITY; DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; FILTER PRESS; FRAME FILTER PRESS; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW MASS; LOW RANK COALS; MASS RATIO; PHYSICAL CONDITIONER; PILOT SCALE; PILOT SCALE TRIALS; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE WATER; SLUDGE YIELD; SOLIDS CONTENT; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FILTRATION;

LIGNITE;

EID: 78650513263     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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