Locally produced natural conditioners for dewatering of faecal sludge

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2802-2814

  Gold, Moritz ^a   Dayer, Pauline ^b   Faye, Marie Christine Amie Sene ^c   Clair, Guillaume ^d   Seck, Alsane ^c   Niang, Seydou ^c   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b   Strande, Linda ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

chitosan; coagulation; developing country; dewatering; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COAGULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRYING; EFFLUENTS; FUELS; LIME; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPLEX SUPPLY CHAIN; JATROPHA CURCAS; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MORINGA OLEIFERA; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT CAPACITY; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

DEWATERING;

C2064 POLYMER; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHITOSAN; CP314 POLYMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE;

COAGULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT; LIME; LOW INCOME HOUSING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SANITATION; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; BED; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRYING BED; EFFLUENT; FECAL SLUDGE; JATROPHA CURCAS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NATURAL RESOURCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEPTIC TANK; SLUDGE; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DRYING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLID; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLOCCULATION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

CALOTROPIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOCCULATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84963807814     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1165293     Document Type: Article

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