Technological options for the management of biosolids

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-317

  Wang, Hailong ^a   Brown, Sally L ^b   Magesan, Guna N ^a   Slade, Alison H ^a   Quintern, Michael ^a   Clinton, Peter W ^a   Payn, Tim W ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Bioenergy; Biosolids; Cocombustion; Energy recovery; Land application; Phosphorus recovery; Sewage sludge; Waste

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; METHANE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFUEL; BIOSOLID; COMBUSTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENERGY USE; INCINERATION; LEACHATE; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CROP; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; TREE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; METHANE; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 45849138515     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-008-0012-5     Document Type: Review

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