Application of filtration aids for improving sludge dewatering properties - A review

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-384

  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

Compressibility; Flocculation; Permeability; Skeleton builder; Sludge dewatering

Indexed keywords

CAKE GROWTH; CAKE PERMEABILITY; CAKE PROPERTIES; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONERS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONING; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; COMPRESSION STAGES; HIGH ORGANIC; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; MECHANICAL DEWATERING; PARTICLE SURFACE; POROUS STRUCTURES; SKELETON BUILDER; SLUDGE CAKE; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE YIELD; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; VOID CLOSURE;

DEWATERING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; RIGID STRUCTURES;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 79959308019     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.04.060     Document Type: Review

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