Ultrasound pre-treatment step for performance enhancement in an aerobic sludge digestion process

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 801-808

  Chang, Tien Chin ^a   You, Sheng Jie ^b   Damodar, Rahul Ashok ^b   Chen, Yu Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic digestion; Sludge disintegration; Sludge floc; Solid reduction; Solubilization; Stabilization; Thermophilic; Ultrasonic pre treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC DIGESTION; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; SLUDGE FLOCS; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMOPHILIC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ULTRASONICS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

EID: 80052966317     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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