Degradation of unsorted municipal solid waste by a leach-bed process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-115

  Chugh, S ^a   Chynoweth, D P ^b   Clarke, W ^a   Pullammanappallil, P ^a   Rudolph, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Bioreactor; Landfill; Methanogenesis; Municipal solid waste (MSW)

Indexed keywords

METHANOGENESIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW);

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; METHANOGENS; SOLID WASTES;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METHANOGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033180880     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00182-5     Document Type: Article

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