Impact of anaerobic lagoon management on sludge accumulation and nutrient content for dairies

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Mukhtar, S ^a,b   Ullman, J L ^a   Auvermann, B W ^a   Feagley, S E ^b   Carpenter, T A ^b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic lagoon; Dairy; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sludge; Slurry; Solids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DAIRIES; POTASSIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC LAGOON MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP); LAGOONS; SUPERNANTS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

LAGOON; NUTRIENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 2342503881     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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