Assessing the effects of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash on the decomposition of biodegradable waste using a completely mixed anaerobic reactor

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-234

  Banks, Charles J ^a   Lo, Huang Mu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LAN YANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acid neutralising capacity; Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradation; Heavy metals; Incineration; Leaching; Municipal solid waste; Wmr 609 6

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; LEACHING; SOLID WASTES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

QUANTIFICATION;

WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOGAS; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER; ZINC;

INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; ASH; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DIGESTION; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTATION; GAS; INCINERATION; LEACHING; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TITRIMETRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0038724547     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100306     Document Type: Article

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