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Waste activated sludge WAS
Waste sludge stream from the activated sludge process
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Wedge wire
Type of screen formed from a metal wire lattice
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Wet air oxidation WAO
Oxidative thermochemical treatment at high temperatures in the presence of water using air as the source of oxygen
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Wet oxidation WO
Oxidative thermochemical treatment at high temperatures in the presence of water
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Wet torrefaction
An alternative term for 'hydrothermal carbonisation'
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Wind box
The space beneath an incinerator bed where heated air is introduced
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Windrows
Piles of composting material, periodically mechanically turned, for degrading sludge under ambient conditions
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