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Alum Sludge Drying With Basic Extractive Treatment
Author(s) -
Olson Richard L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02419.x
Subject(s) - alum , waste management , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , water treatment , chemistry , process engineering , environmental engineering , engineering , organic chemistry
Sludge drying has been a costly, difficult routine. This article is about a new methodology that purportedly wrings water from sludge to an extent hitherto unattainable on a commercial scale. Success is attributable to a solvent‐water carrier combination that is either miscible or immiscible—depending on temperature