Treatment of 14 sludge types from wastewater treatment plants using bench and pilot thermal hydrolysis

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 895-902

  Qiao, Wei ^a,b   Sun, Yifei ^c   Wang, Wei ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Dewatering; Incineration; Sludge; Thermal hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; DEWATERED SLUDGE; HEAT VALUE; HIGH-STRENGTH; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; OIL SLUDGE; OIL WASTEWATER; ORGANIC CONTENT; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VOLUME REDUCTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION; DEWATERING; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; INCINERATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOLUBILITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; HYDROLYSIS; INCINERATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BENCH THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENERGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; HYDROLYSIS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PILOT THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILIZATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PETROLEUM; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84864415782     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.269     Document Type: Article

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