Electro-dewatering of wastewater sludge: Influence of the operating conditions and their interactions effects

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2795-2810

  Mahmoud, Akrama ^a   Olivier, Jérémy ^a   Vaxelaire, Jean ^a   Hoadley, Andrew F A ^b  

^a Univ de Pau and Pays de L'Adour Bâtiment D'Alembert   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Electro dewatering; Response surface methodology; Wastewater sludge

Indexed keywords

DRYING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DRY SOLIDS; ELECTRO-DEWATERING; ELECTROKINETIC EFFECT; INTERACTION EFFECT; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURE DEWATERING; RESPONSE-SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SOLIDS CONTENT; THERMAL DRYING; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

DEWATERING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DRYING;

EID: 79954630804     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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