Improvement in settleability and dewaterability of waste activated sludge by solar photocatalytic treatment in Ag/TiO2-coated glass tubular reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-62

  Liu, Chunguang ^a,b   Lei, Zhongfang ^a,b   Yang, Yingnan ^a,b   Wang, Haifeng ^a,b   Zhang, Zhenya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dewaterability; Settleability; Solar photocatalysis; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PELLETIZING;

DEWATERABILITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTORS; SETTLEABILITY; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE OF FILTRATION; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LOOSELY BOUND EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SILVER; TIGHTLY BOUND EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; DEWATERING; FILTRATION; OXIDE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; WASTE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; FILTRATION; MATERIAL COATING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE SETTLEABILITY; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE OF FILTRATION; TUBULAR REACTOR; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876340701     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.071     Document Type: Article

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