Effective improvement of activated sludge dewaterability conditioning with seawater and brine

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1112-1119

  Liu, Jianyong ^a   Zhao, Guofu ^a   Duan, Chao ^a   Xu, Yunfeng ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Deng, Tao ^a   Qian, Guangren ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Brine; Conditioning; Dewaterability; Response surface methodology (RSM); Seawater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BRINE CONDITIONING; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; COMBINED EFFECT; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING PROCESS; DEWATERABILITY; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM); SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE DEWATERING; VOLUME RATIO;

MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

EID: 79953749082     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.093     Document Type: Article

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