Landfill bioreactor: A biotechnological solution for waste management

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 670-674

  Swati, M ^a   Karthikeyan, O P ^a   Joseph, Kurian ^a   Nagendran, R ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Landfill bioreactor; Municipal solid waste; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54949127168     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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