Investigation of extracellular polymer substances (EPS) and physicochemical properties of activated sludge from different municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 857-863

  Peng, Ge ^a   Ye, Fenxia ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

activated sludge floc; dewaterability; extracellular polymeric substances; flocculation; settleability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CARBOHYDRATES; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; CAPILLARY SUCTION TIME; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; DEWATERABILITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMER SUBSTANCE; FLOC PROPERTIES; FLOC SIZE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SETTLEABILITY; SLUDGE FLOCS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES; TOTAL PROTEIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERS;

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT; EXOPOLYMER; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84860495482     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.601763     Document Type: Article

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