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Evaporation Processes

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Biosolids Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 6))

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Water removal from municipal and industrial effluent streams constitutes an important step in wastewater and sludge treatment. The purpose is to concentrate, separate, dispose, or utilize wastes and pollutants and to regenerate and return clean water to the environment. In this context, the discussion here will be limited only to industrial and municipal sludge dewatering, evaporation, and drying (1–5).

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President) & Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant, Ex-Dean and Director)

  2. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President) & Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant, Ex-Dean and Director)

  3. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President)

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS

    Clint Williford PhD (Associate Professor) & Wei-Yin Chen PhD (Assistant Professor)

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios P. Sakellaropoulos PhD (Professor)

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE

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    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

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Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Williford, C., Chen, WY., Sakellaropoulos, G.P. (2007). Evaporation Processes. In: Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Hung, YT. (eds) Biosolids Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 6. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-996-7_19

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