Impact of temperature on sludge dewatering properties assessed by the capillary suction time

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2782-2788

  Sawalha, Ola ^a   Scholz, Miklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; DESORPTIVITY; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE SIZE COMPOSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE VISCOSITY; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

CHEMISTRY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 84857081670     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202381r     Document Type: Article

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