Comparing alkaline and thermal disintegration characteristics for mechanically dewatered sludge

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1581-1588

  Tunçal, Tolga ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bound water content; Dewatered sludge; Disintegration, drying kinetics; Specific resistance to filtration; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALKALINITY; CURVE FITTING; DRYING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; WATER CONTENT; WATER FILTRATION; DEWATERING; DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BOUND WATER CONTENT; COMBINED EFFECT; CURVE FITTING ALGORITHM; DEWATERED SLUDGE; DISINTEGRATION CHARACTERISTICS; DRYING KINETIC; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN METHOD; POWER REQUIREMENT; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; THERMAL DRYING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL; DRYING;

ORGANIC CARBON; WATER; CALCIUM OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGORITHM; ALKALINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FILTRATION; PH; REACTION KINETICS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DEWATERING; KINETICS; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALGORITHM; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FILTRATION; MECHANICALLY DEWATERED SLUDGE; PH; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL DISINTEGRATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT; REACTION TIME; SLUDGE DRYING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80051846086     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.544677     Document Type: Article

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