The increasing production of sludge poses significant environmental risks. Sludge disposal
and transport are costly because of the high water content (WC). Reducing the WC of sludge …

Sludge is an inevitable by product of sewage treatment, and it includes pathogens, heavy
metals, organic pollutants and other toxic substances. The components of sludge are …

Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

Sulfate radicals are well-known for their strong oxidation potential (2.60 V), their high
reaction rate (106–109 M/s) and longer life span (t 1/2= 30–40 μs). Owing to the revealed …

Sludge disposal is an integral part of wastewater treatment systems, and its cost usually
accounts for more than half of the total operation cost. Sludge disposal technology is facing …

Mechanical sludge dewatering is one of the stages of the municipal wastewater treatment
process, which allows the amount of generated sludge and the cost of its transport and …

Large amounts of waste activated sludge (WAS) as a by-product generated from the
biological treatment in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is of high moisture content …

A new UV spectrophotometry based method for determining the concentration and carbon
content of carbohydrate solution was developed. This method depends on the inherent UV …

Biological wastewater treatment removes organic materials, nitrogen, and phosphorus from
wastewater using microbial biomass (activated sludge, biofilm, granules) which is separated …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are highly hydrated biopolymers and play
important roles in bioflocculation, floc stability, and solid-water separation processes …