Strategies to reduce short-chain organic acids and synchronously establish high-rate composting in acidic household waste

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 521-526

  Bergersen, Ove ^a   Bøen, Anne S ^a   Sørheim, Roald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acidic waste; Composting; Respiration and bulking agent

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIC WASTE; BULKING AGENTS; COMPOSTING; COMPOSTING PROCESSES; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; HIGH RATES; HOUSEHOLD WASTES; LIME ADDITION; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; RESPIRATION AND BULKING AGENT;

LIME;

BULKING AGENT; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FAT; PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; COMPOSTING; DOMESTIC WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; RESPIRATION;

BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; HOUSEHOLD; MICROORGANISM; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; WASTE;

ACIDS; ARCHAEA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 53849099961     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.06.044     Document Type: Review

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