Enhanced dewatering characteristics of waste activated sludge with Fenton pretreatment: Effectiveness and statistical optimization

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-276

  Zhen, Guangyin ^a,c   Lu, Xueqin ^b,c   Wang, Baoying ^d   Zhao, Youcai ^a   Chai, Xiaoli ^a   Niu, Dongjie ^a   Zhao, Tiantao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Shanghai Tongji Construction Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

capillary suction time (CST); dewaterabilty; Fenton pretreatment; molecular weight distribution; response surface methodology (RSM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892443146     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0530-3     Document Type: Article

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