Definition of sludge. Meaning of sludge. Synonyms of sludge

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Definition of sludge

Sludge
Sludge Sludge, n. Anything resembling mud or slush; as: (a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. (b) Mud from a drill hole in boring. (c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. (d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc. (e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.
Sludge
Sludge Sludge, n. [CF. Slush.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson. 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. --Kane. 3. (Mining) See Slime, 4. Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed.

Meaning of sludge from wikipedia

- Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation...
- Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom or simply sludge) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that combines elements of doom metal and hardcore...
- Oil sludge or black sludge is a gel-like or semi-solid deposit inside an internal combustion engine, that can create a catastrophic buildup. It is often...
- The activated sludge process is a type of biological wastewater treatment process for treating sewage or industrial wastewaters using aeration and a biological...
- sludge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sludge is a semi-solid slurry produced from industrial processes. Sludge may also refer to: Sewage sludge Mining...
- removal of sludge). The sludge removed from the liquid line goes to the sludge treatment line. Aerobic processes (such as the activated sludge process)...
- Sewage sludge is the residual, semi-solid material that is produced as a by-product during sewage treatment of industrial or muni****l wastewater. The...
- Fecal sludge management (FSM) (or faecal sludge management in British English) is the storage, collection, transport, treatment and safe end use or disposal...
- one process used is the activated sludge process in which air is p****ed through a mixture of sewage and old sludge to allow the micro-organisms to break...
- Sludge Volume Index (SVI) is a process control parameter used to describe the settling characteristics of sludge in the aeration tank of an activated sludge...