Vermiconversion of industrial sludge for recycling the nutrients

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 8699-8704

  Sangwan, Pritam ^a   Kaushik, C P ^a   Garg, V K ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biogas plant slurry; Eisenia fetida; Nutrient recovery; Press mud; Sugar mill

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR FACTORIES; SUGARS;

BIOGAS PLANT SLURRY; BULKING AGENTS; C:N RATIO; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; FERTILIZER VALUE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGES; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; PLANT SLURRY; PRESS MUD; SUGAR MILL; VERMI COMPOSTING; WASTE MIXTURES;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; SLURRY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; SEWAGE; SOIL;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 50349100120     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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