Compression and swelling of activated sludge cakes during dewatering

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4999-5008

  Sveegaard, Steffen Gralert ^a   Keiding, Kristian ^b   Christensen, Morten Lykkegaard ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Grundfos DK AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drainage; Filtration; Resistance; Sedimentation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AVERAGE SPECIFIC CAKE RESISTANCES; CAKE COMPRESSIBILITIES; FILTERCAKES; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURES; RESISTANCE; SEDIMENTATION VELOCITIES; SLUDGE CAKE;

DEWATERING;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMPRESSION; DEWATERING; DRAINAGE; FILTRATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SWELLING; TESTING METHOD; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER CAKE; FILTRATION; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SWELLING;

EID: 84865972666     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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