A field study of lignite as a drying aid in the superheated steam drying of anaerobically digested sludge

Water Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-65

  Hoadley, A F A ^a   Qi, Y ^a   Nguyen, T ^a   Hapgood, K ^a   Desai, D ^b   Pinches, D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Keith Engineering Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Biosolids; Rotary drum drying; Spontaneous combustion; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; DRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOILS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SLUDGES; DRUM DRYING; FIELD STUDIES; FIELD TRIAL; ROTARY DRUM; ROTARY DRUM DRYING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYING; TOTALLY ENCLOSED; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LIGNITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

COAL; SEWAGE; WATER VAPOR;

CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCINERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; WATER VAPOR;

COAL; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCINERATION; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; STEAM;

EID: 85027934595     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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