Drying kinetics of sludge from a wastewater treatment plant

Drying Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2135-2150

  Reyes, A ^a   Eckholt, M ^a   Troncoso, F ^a   Efremov, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MOSCOW POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological sludge; Drying kinetics; Effective diffusivity; Fick law; Generalized drying curve; Quasi stationary method

Indexed keywords

AIR; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; ENZYME KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TUNNELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DRYING KINETICS; RATE PERIODS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DRYING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DIFFUSION; DRYING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENZYMES; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TUNNELS; VELOCITY;

EID: 8744309305     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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