Comparison of aerobic and anaerobic degradation of municipal solid waste in bioreactor landfills

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5418-5426

  Erses, A Suna ^a   Onay, Turgut T ^a   Yenigun, Orhan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Anaerobic; Bioreactor; Landfill; Leachate recirculation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; COMPRESSORS; LAND FILL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AEROBIC REACTOR; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION;

SOLID WASTES;

ALKALI METAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; COMPRESSORS; LAND FILL; SOLID WASTES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSULATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; OXIC CONDITIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AEROBIC REACTOR; AIR COMPRESSOR; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEVICE; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 43049114219     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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