Feasibility of applying forward osmosis to the simultaneous thickening, digestion, and direct dewatering of waste activated sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-213

  Zhu, Hongtao ^a   Zhang, Liqiu ^a   Wen, Xianghua ^b   Huang, Xia ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic digestion; Forward osmosis; Sludge dewatering; Sludge thickening; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

DRY SLUDGE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MAJOR FACTORS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MIXED LIQUOR VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS; REDUCTION EFFICIENCY; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE THICKENING; THICKENING EFFICIENCY; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

DEWATERING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; OSMOSIS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

SEA WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEASIBILITY STUDY; OSMOSIS; OXIC CONDITIONS; SEAWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE THICKENING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84860232831     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.064     Document Type: Article

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