Conditioning of wastewater sludge using freezing and thawing: Role of curing

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5969-5976

  Hu, Kai ^a   Jiang, Jun Qiu ^a   Zhao, Qing Liang ^a   Lee, Duu Jong ^a,b,c   Wang, Kun ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Curing; Dewaterability; Freeze thaw treatment; Mixed sludge; Solubilization; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CURING; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY;

DEWATERABILITY; FREEZE/THAW; MIXED SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGGREGATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILIZATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FREEZE THAWING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SOLUBILIZATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80054018690     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.064     Document Type: Article

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