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Drying

In sludge drying the moisture from sludge is removed as water vapour by heating, rather than being removed as a liquid via mechanical means such as in thickening or dewatering. The sludge is normally dried to solid concentrations above 65% to produce pellets or, at the highest solids concentrations of 90% or more, a powder. Pelleted or powdered sludge is more readily conveyed than the dewatered sludge of higher water content, which exists as large lumps.

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Example of a flash dryer for drying slurries Source: Hosokawa Micron B.V. / YouTube

Example of a flash dryer for drying slurries

Animation demonstrating the workings of the flash dryer for drying slurries, from Hosokawa Micron B.V.

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Co-processing of sewage digestate by hydrothermal carbonisation

Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) can be used to co-process anaerobic digestion (AD) digestate and lignocellulosic (or plant-based) feedstocks to improve the the hydrochar product quality. This AD waste co-processing route has been studied at bench scale. Read article

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