Improving the sludge disintegration efficiency of sonication by combining with alkalization and thermal pre-treatment methods

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1809-1816

  Sahinkaya S ^a   Sevimli, M F ^a   Aygun A ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkalization; Combined pre treatment; Sludge disintegration; Sonication; Thermal pre treatment; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ALKALIZATION; PRE-TREATMENT; SLUDGE DISINTEGRATION; THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

SONICATION;

CARBOHYDRATE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINIZATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; SONIC BOOM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ALKALIES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SONICATION; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84861462492     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.074     Document Type: Article

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