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Performance Evaluation of Electrodewatering System for Sewage Sludges
School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30,Changjeon-Dong, Keumjeong-Ku, Busan 609-735, Korea
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, January 2002, 19(1), 41-45(5), 10.1007/BF02706872
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Abstract
A laboratory-scale electrodewatering system, incorporating an electric field as an additional driving force to conventional pressure dewatering, has been developed to decrease the water content of sludges generated in wastewater treatment. Consisting of a piston-type filter press, a power supply and a data acquisition system, the electrodewatering system’s performance was evaluated as a function of applied pressure, applied voltage, sludge type and filtration time. Experiments were carried out using sewage sludges with the electric field up to 120 V/cm and pressure ranging from 98.1 to 392.4 kPa. Electrodewatering involving a combination of electric field and pressure enhances both the dewatering rate and final dewatered volume. The final water content of sewage sludges in the electrodewatering system can be reduced to 62 wt%, as compared to 78 wt% achieved with the pressure filtration alone. The electrodewatering system shows the potential to be an effective method for reducing the water content in sludges.
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