Impact of peroxydisulphate on disintegration and sedimentation properties of municipal wastewater activated sludge

Chemical Papers

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1473-1480

  Wacławek, Stanisław ^a   Grübel, Klaudiusz ^b   Chład, Zuzanna ^b   Dudziak, Mariusz ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIELSKO BIALA   (Poland)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

chemical disintegration; peroxydisulphate; sludge volume index; soluble oxygen demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941108353     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/chempap-2015-0169     Document Type: Article

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