The rheological behaviour of anaerobic digested sludge

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5675-5680

  Baudez, J C ^a,b   Markis, F ^b   Eshtiaghi, N ^b   Slatter, P ^b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bingham model; Digested sludge; Herschel Bulkley model; Shear banding; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

BINGHAM MODEL; DIGESTED SLUDGES; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY MODEL; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC SOLID; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR BANDING; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIOGAS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIGESTION; PUMPING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR BAND; VISCOELASTICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCURACY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SLUDGE; STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80053105314     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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