Unraveling the Bound-Water Removal Mystery: Preoxidation Enhances Sludge Dewatering via Cell Permeabilization and Transformation of Intracellular Polymeric Substances to Extracellular Polymeric Substances
The effect of oxidation degree on sludge dewaterability during oxone-induced preoxidation was investigated. The optimal oxone concentration increased free cells and membrane permeabilization while limiting cell lysis, releasing bound water, and producing a drier sludge cake without reducing the filtrate volume. Dewat...