Dewatering of floated oily sludge by treatment with rhamnolipid

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4303-4311

  Long, Xuwei ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^b   Han, Li ^c   Meng, Qin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Demulsification; Dewatering; Oily sludge; Rhamnolipid

Indexed keywords

DEMULSIFICATION; DEWATERING; EMULSIFICATION; LIPIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOTREATMENT SYSTEMS; DEWATERING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; HARMLESS TREATMENTS; OILY SLUDGES; PHYSICAL TREATMENTS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

RHAMNOLIPID;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; EMULSION; SLUDGE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; OILY SLUDGE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879010964     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.058     Document Type: Article

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