Novel insights into enhanced dewaterability of waste activated sludge by Fe(II)-activated persulfate oxidation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-14

  Zhen, Guangyin ^a   Lu, Xueqin ^b   Li, Yuyou ^c   Zhao, Youcai ^a   Wang, Baoying ^d   Song, Yu ^d   Chai, Xiaoli ^a   Niu, Dongjie ^a   Cao, Xianyan ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Shanghai Tongji Construction Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Dewaterability; Excitation emission matrix (EEM); Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Intercellular substances; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

DEWATERABILITY; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCES; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

AMINO ACIDS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; IRON; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SECRETION; SULFATE (INORGANIC SALT);

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; IRON ACTIVATED PERSULFATE OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; SULFATES; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84862323119     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.115     Document Type: Article

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