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Having problems with our terms and abbreviations? Use Ctrl+F to search our list of glossary items below. Contact us if you find a sludge abbreviation or glossary term you think it would be useful to add.

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Paddle dryer

Conductive dryer based on heated horizontal paddles rotating in the sludge solids
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Pathogenic

Disease-causing
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Perforated

Type of screen formed from sheet metal with punched holes
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Picket fence thickener

Type of gravity thickener employing a stirrer comprising a series of relatively closely-spaced vertical arms
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Plate press dryer

Conductive dryer based on a filter press
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Polyelectrolyte

Polymeric material containing ionic components
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Polymer

Alternative term for organic polyelectrolyte
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Primary sludge

Sludge produced from the initial sedimentation step of conventional municipal wastewater treatment
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Psychrophilic

Bacteria or processes favouring temperatures below ~20 °C
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Putrescence

Decay or rotting
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Pyrolysis

Thermochemical treatment in the absence of water and air

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