Sewage Sludge Solar Drying: Experiences from the First Pilot-Scale Application in Greece

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-526

  Mathioudakis, V L ^a   Kapagiannidis, A G ^a   Athanasoulia, E ^a   Paltzoglou, A D ^a   Melidis, P ^a   Aivasidis, A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drying costs; Greenhouse; Pathogens; Sewage sludge; Sludge reuse; Solar drying

Indexed keywords

DRYING COSTS; EUROPEAN REGULATION; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; SLUDGE REUSE; SOLAR DRYING; SOLAR DRYING TECHNOLOGY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

COST ACCOUNTING; GREENHOUSES; HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGY; PATHOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLAR DRYERS;

DRYING;

EID: 84875826239     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2012.744998     Document Type: Article

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