Feasibility of vermicomposting in biostabilization of sludge from a distillery industry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Suthar, Surindra ^a   Singh, Sushma ^b  

^a SGN Khalsa PG College   (India)

^b NM PG College   (India)

Author keywords

Cocoon; Distillery sludge; Industrial waste; Metals; Perionyx excavatus; Sludge stabilization; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTILLERIES; MAGNESIUM; PH EFFECTS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; VERMICOMPOSTING;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

BULKING AGENT; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

BIOMASS; COCOON; COMPOST; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCULATION; COCOON; COMPOSTING; COW; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES; LAND BIOME; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VINASSE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATTLE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; METALS; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL;

PERIONYX EXCAVATUS;

EID: 40849142016     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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