Dewatering mechanisms in pilot-scale Sludge Drying Reed Beds: Effect of design and operational parameters

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 430-443

  Stefanakis, Alexandros I ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Drainage; Evapotranspiration; Sludge treatment wetlands; Water budget

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING EFFICIENCY; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PILOT SCALE; REED BED; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE LAYER; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; UNIT CHARACTERISTICS; WATER BUDGET; WATER LOSS; DE-WATERING EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE DRYING REED BEDS; SLUDGE TREATMENT WETLANDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOSOLIDS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; DEWATERING; DRAINAGE;

DEWATERING; LOADING;

EID: 79961005518     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.111     Document Type: Article

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