Correlation of physicochemical properties and sludge dewaterability under chemical conditioning using inorganic coagulants

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 144, Issue , 2013, Pages 337-343

  Niu, Meiqing ^a,b   Zhang, Weijun ^a   Wang, Dongsheng ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Chen, Ronglai ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Beijing Millions Water Cleaning Agent Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical conditioning; EPS; Inorganic coagulants; Physicochemical properties; Sludge dewaterability

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION;

CHEMICAL CONDITIONING; EPS; INORGANIC COAGULANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

COAGULATING AGENT; FERROUS CHLORIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAGULATION; CORRELATION; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; NEUTRALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL CONDITIONING; EPS; INORGANIC COAGULANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SLUDGE DEWATERABILITY;

BIOPOLYMERS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84880830901     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.126     Document Type: Article

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