Improvement of activated sludge dewaterability by mild thermal treatment in CaCl2 solution

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 425-432

  Guan, Baohong ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Fu, Hailu ^a   Guo, Minhui ^a   Xu, Xinhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Dewaterability; Mild thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; DEWATERING; HEAT TREATMENT; PROTEINS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; DEWATERABILITY; INFLUENCING MECHANISMS; INFRARED SPECTRUM; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSALS; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CARBOHYDRATE; DEWATERING; FOURIER TRANSFORM; PHENOL; PROTEIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84355162784     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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