Effects of nanosized titanium dioxide on the physicochemical stability of activated sludge flocs using the thermodynamic approach and Kelvin probe force microscopy

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3947-3958

  Yang, Xiaonan ^a   Cui, Fuyi ^a   Guo, Xiaochun ^a   Li, Dapeng ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge flocs; KPFM; Nanosized titanium dioxide; Stability; XDLVO

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FREE ENERGY; OXIDES; PROBES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; STABILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE FLOCS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; KPFM; LEWIS ACID-BASE INTERACTION; NANO-SIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; XDLVO;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOCCULATION; MICROSCOPY; OXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84879104798     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.056     Document Type: Article

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