Hil Al1, Judenne E2 and Remy M1
1 LHOIST Recherche et Développement S.A., Belgium
2 Lhoist France, FRANCE
Sewage sludge disposal is an increasing issue in all the European countries. The European commission encourages recycling of these sludges […]
* Hudson J A and **Lowe P
*Independent Consultant. ** Aqua Enviro Consultancy Services
The sewage sludge industry has seen many changes of the past decades. The UK industry offers a unique insight into […]
LAKSHMI RAGHUPATHY1 and C.K RAGUPATHY 2
1Ministry of Environment & Forests, (Government of India), India
2Lingaya’s Institute of Management & Technology, Nacholi, Faridabad, India
(free)Management of waste in an environmentally sound manner is a global issue. The developed nations have prescribed stringent norms and […]
Kelly G L.
Department Primary Industries, New South Wales (Australia), Science and Research Division
Over the last 15 years a series of 9 research and 11 demonstration trials (funded by Sydney Water and Forests […]
Kelly Georgina L.
Department Primary Industries, New South Wales (Australia)
Since the Kyoto Protocol was first drafted in 1997, many companies have started to investigate the options available to reduce […]
Cooper J, Cass J, Rogers M and Smith S R.
Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Previous work reported at the 2003 European Biosolids and Organic Residuals Conference (Paper 77) showed a significant increase in numbers […]
*Lowe P, *Hamilton R, and **Whipps A
*Aqua Enviro, ** Pell Frischmann
Many sludge processing plants employ drying units to produce a final granular product that is safe, easily handled and an […]
Stephenson R, Hoy P and Price K
Paradigm Environmental Technologies
Waste activated sludge (WAS) is comprised of billions upon billions of individual microbial cells that are inherently formed as a […]
*Xie R J,* Xing Y J,** Ghani Yahya A, **Ooi KE and **Ng SW
*Department of Water Resources Management, Singapore
**Water Reclamation (Plants) Department, Singapore
For a tropical country like Singapore with limited natural resources, innovative technologies are required to minimise sludge disposal volume and […]
Pickavance S and Munro D.
Haden Drysys International Ltd
Sludge drying is a common practice at sewage treatment works to effectively re-use the solids from primary and secondary treatment […]
Akintunde Babatunde 1, Yongzhe Yang2 and Yaqian Zhao3
1, 2, 3.School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering,
University College Dublin, Ireland.
Towards establishing a prima facie for the possible reuse of dewatered drinking water residual (DWR) in a novel wastewater treatment […]
Storhaug R, Paulsrud B and LundarA
Aquateam – Norwegian Water Technology Centre AS
Recycling of sewage sludge on land areas is a main goal in the Norwegian sludge legislation, which is now a […]
Weissenberger J1 and Caldwell S2
1Yara International ASA, Norway
Odour prevention with the help of a special nitrate solution (Nutriox®) and the subsequent stimulation of nitrate reducing bacteria (NRB) […]
Kelly G L.
Department Primary Industries, New South Wales (Australia),
Since the 1970s, the minerals industry in the Hunter Valley has been looking for ways to rehabilitate mining operations to […]
*Chris Holden **Alan Whipps
*Anglian Water **Pell Frischmann
The paper provides an introduction to the thermal drying of sewage sludge in the UK and the background to the […]
McLoughlin P W.
Ashbrook Simon Hartley
Over the last 10 years improvements in mechanical biosolids dewatering have been limited to incremental changes within a proven design. […]
Gove L and Blanco E.
Anglian Water Services
Quicklime is established as an agent to affect stabilisation of raw sewage sludge cake, providing the pathogen kill required to […]
Kokkora M I. and Hann M.
NSRI, Cranfield University
Organic waste compost application to agricultural land is expected to increase following the implementation of European Community and National regulations, […]
Diane Huybrechts, Ann Van Der Linden, Rudi Torfs and Karl Vrancken
VITO, Belgium
In order to assist the Flemish authorities in defining their environmental policy, VITO (the Flemish Institute for Technological Research) has […]
*Akunna J.C.,* Stewar N. A., and **Goldie P.
*Urban Water Technology Centre, School of Contemporary Science, University of Abertay, Dundee
**Waste Management Department, Dundee City Council,
This paper examines the effect of aerobic handling of readily biodegradable waste on biogas potential and solids reduction. Thermophilic anaerobic […]
*Xie R J,* Xing Y J,** Ghani Yahya A, **Ooi KE and **Ng SW
*Department of Water Resources Management, Singapore
**Water Reclamation (Plants) Department, The Public Utilities Board, Singapore
For a tropical country like Singapore with limited natural resources, innovative technologies are required to minimise sludge disposal volume and […]
Cas Js, Rogers M and Smith S R.
Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College London,
The decay of microorganisms in soil following land application of biosolids is a well-established principle in the multi-barrier approach to […]
*Lowe P, *Hamilton R, and **Whipps A
Aqua Enviro, ** Pell Frischmann
Many sludge processing plants employ drying units to produce a final granular product that is safe, easily handled and an […]
Tornes O1, Alsake Jr2, Asdal A.3
1IVAR IKS, 2 Fjell Industrier a.s, 3 The Norwegian Crop Research Institute
IVAR IKS, Stavanger is the leading plant with thermal drying in Norway with over 10 years operating experiences with thermal […]
Storhaug R, Paulsrud B and Lundar A
Aquateam – Norwegian Water Technology Centre AS
Recycling of sewage sludge on land areas is a main goal in the Norwegian sludge legislation, which is now a […]
Layden N and Bartlett J.
The Centre for Sustainability, Institute of Technology Sligo
The Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion facility in Killarney was constructed as part of an Irish national development programme to meet […]
Panter K and Kleiven H, Cambi
(free)The Cambi thermal hydrolysis process (THP) has been operated on full-scale projects in the range of 1,000 to 35,000 dry […]
Stephenson R, Hoy P and Price K
Paradigm Environmental Technologies Inc., Canada
Waste activated sludge (WAS) is comprised of billions upon billions of individual microbial cells that are inherently formed as a […]
Colin Froud1 and Ralf Weber2,Walti Schmitt3
1CSO Technik Ltd, 2Biogest AG 3Wiesbaden WWTW
This paper is the third and final paper in a series detailing the installation of the Crown disintegration system in […]
D. Harrison* , T.Wilson**, M.Dawson***, S.Rafique*** and T.Firmansyah***
*Monsal,** Earth Tech, ***BHR Group Limited,
The paper outlines a joint US and UK project to review the anaerobic digestion plant No. 1 for the Orange […]
Farnish R, Deng T and Bradley M.
The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich
Pneumatic conveying can provide an efficient and reliable technique for transporting biosolid and bio-waste materials between processes or sites. In […]
Denuell M, and , Godwin P. Euroby
(free)This paper presents the technology and advantages of producing dewatered and thermally dried sludge (above 65% d.s.) from a unique […]
Mountford L, Kruger
(free)This paper will discuss operating experience of a novel sludge drying system. This will focus on the flexibility to End […]
Manchester S J.1. BRE Fire and Security
(free)This paper reviews the past decade of sewage sludge drying fire and explosion incidents. It by no means covers all […]
de Salis, C.
ROWAN HOUSE
How do you decide which safety trips are high integrity and which can be ordinary trips? Every process plant has […]
Lars Uby, Anna E. Lindberg and Roman Gabryjonczyk
ITT Flygt
(free)Sludge treatment is increasingly focusing on reduction of volumes at all stages of handling. The yet thicker sludge causes excessive […]
*Dawson M,. and **Harrison D
*BHR Group Limited, ** Monsal Limited
Over the last decade, the development of new sewage and sludge treatment processes has resulted in a growing number of […]
Vera M A1 and Lavelle P2
1EIMCO Water Technologies USA, 2 EIMCO Water Technologies Ltd, UK
The stabilization of the solids produced by main liquid stream processes in most wastewater treatment plants is done by anaerobic […]
Marjoleine Weemaes, Johan Cauwenberghs, Chris Thoeye, Greet De Gueldre
Aquafin, Belgium
Municipal wastewater treatment in Flanders generates ± 80.000 tds of sewage sludge/year. Approximately 1/3 of this sludge is anaerobically digested, […]
M Asaadi and P Marsh, Thames Water
(free)Swindon STW is one of the few sewage treatment works in the UK, which benefits from having a two-stage anaerobic […]
Barber W P., Atkins Water
(free)Previously, a model was set-up to investigate the effects of sludge type on anaerobic digestion and subsequent dewatering at a […]
Lamont-Black J, 1 **Glendinning S, **Jones C, *Huntley D, and ***Smith R
*Electrokinetic Limited **University of Newcastle upon Tyne, ***Severn Trent Water Ltd.
Once deposited in a lagoon sewage sludge in the form of a very thick liquid or cake is a difficult […]
D. Harrison*, C E Brade*, M S Le**,
*Monsal, **United Utilities
Over 10% of the 550+ anaerobic digesters in the UK are now preceded with Advanced Digestion systems. The range of […]
Shepherd S, Rigden C
Eco-Solids International Limited
In the paper presented at this conference last year uneconomic aspects of transporting sludges containing water in the operation of […]
Smith J A and Carliell-Marquet C M.
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham
The digestibility of sewage sludge is affected by a number of factors. Activated sludge that has been dosed with iron […]
Rowlands C.L.
Severn Trent Water Ltd
Approximately a decade ago, there was an awakening of retailer and other stakeholders’ interest in biosolids production and use in […]
Quentin Olivier1, Bart Adams1 and Bart Van Renterghem2
1Keppel Seghers Belgium NV, 2Keppel Seghers Germany GmbH
Treating wastewater of large cities constitutes a critical step in meeting the clean water demand worldwide. With the number of […]
Some conservative pollutants (trace elements) contained in biosolids may cause significant environmental impacts when applied in soils, even if present […]
Nitrogen and phosphorus management within sewage treatment works is problematic since all releases are subject to increasing regulation and hence […]
A UK manufacturing company producing chemicals with on-site effluent treatment became concerned about continuing recycling of their non-hazardous sludge to […]
Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
(free)Previous work reported at the 2003 European Biosolids and Organic Residuals Conference (Paper 77) showed a significant increase in numbers […]
This work examines the effects of different types of biosolids and livestock manure applications on the microbial population dynamics of […]
The failure of biological treatment processes in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants is one of the major causes of […]
Water companies relying on agricultural recycling as a major outlet for their biosolids have the sometimes competing pressures of cost […]
Tim Evans1
1TIM EVANS ENVIRONMENT
In many countries a large proportion of biosolids and biowastes are treated and used on agricultural land. This is encouraged […]
O’Reilly C, Bickerstaffe J and Adam J
Celtic Anglian Water Ltd
The Ringsend WwTP is Dublin city’s main wastewater treatment facility. Prior to its 2-phase upgrade, beginning in 1997, the plant […]
*Hudson J A and ** Lowe P
*Independent Consultant. ** Senior Partner Aqua Enviro Consultancy Services
(free)Over the last ten years a number of new processes and improved versions of older processes have appeared in the […]
Iván Arauzo and Diana Permuy
STC
Improved wastewater treatment processes and compliance with European water quality directives have led to a spectacular increase in the amount […]
Marie Michalová and Dragica Matulová
T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute – Centre for Waste Management,
The issue of sewage sludge and biowaste management in the Czech Republic is subject of considerable attention. Nevertheless, the legislation […]
*Joseph B. Barksdale, *Bruce Petrik,. and **Celine A. Hyer
*MWH Americas, Inc.
To determine the future of its biosolids processing and disposal, the Hillsborough County Water Department determined that a comprehensive biosolids […]
Crawford Thomas J.
www.milorganite.com
ABSTRACT The Sewer Socialists were pragmatists, who fought for honest government and increased services, with public health and mortality from […]
Robin Green, CIWEM President
(free)The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is an independent professional body representing over 12,000 managers, and other […]
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