ABSTRACT
Filter presses are becoming more popular devices for dewatering because of their ability to generate higher cake solids than belt presses. Rising costs of landfilling and tougher environmental disposal regulations are forcing waste generators to explore more efficient dewatering devices. Incineration of sludge is more common on the East Coast where landfilling is expensive and scarce. Higher cake solids produced in filter presses can be burned more economically in an incinerator.
