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Current Technologies for Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Author(s) -
Hudson J. A.,
Lowe P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1996.tb00077.x
Subject(s) - sewage sludge , dewatering , emerging technologies , waste management , current (fluid) , environmental science , thickening , biosolids , engineering , business , risk analysis (engineering) , sewage treatment , computer science , pulp and paper industry , geotechnical engineering , electrical engineering , artificial intelligence
This paper reviews the current sludge technologies and discusses likely future trends associated with those technologies. It describes the role of thickening, dewatering, pasteurization, stabilization, thermal destruction and product enhancement to satisfy environmental standards. Reference is made to technologies which, for decades, have been associated with sewage sludge but where market conditions have forced R and D initiatives to be introduced and commercialized.