Low frequency ultrasound-assisted leaching of sewage sludge for toxic metal removal, dewatering and fertilizing properties preservation

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-117

  De La Rochebrochard, Samuel ^a   Naffrechoux, Emmanuel ^a   Drogui, Patrick ^b   Mercier, Guy ^b   Blais, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Leaching; Metal; Sewage sludge; Speciation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

CHEMICAL LEACHING; DEWATERING ABILITY; LOW-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; PARTICLE SIZE AND MORPHOLOGIES; SLUDGE PROPERTIES; SPECIATION; TOTAL SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

LEACHING;

COPPER; METAL; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; LEACHING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLID; SOLUBILIZATION; ULTRASOUND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84867743675     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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