Gypsum Additions Reduce Ammonia Nitrogen Losses During Composting of Dairy Manure and Biosolids

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Tubail, Khalil ^a,b   Chen, Liming ^b   Kost, David ^b   Dick, Warren A ^b   Michel, Frederick C ^c   Keener, Harold M ^c   Rigot, Jerome F ^c   Klingman, Michael ^c  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; BORIC ACID; COAL COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; MANURES; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; BORIC ACID SOLUTIONS; COMBUSTION OF COAL; COMPOSTING PROCESS; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION(FGD); ORGANIC MATERIALS; STAINLESS STEEL VESSELS;

GYPSUM;

AMMONIA; BIOSOLID; COMPOSTING; GYPSUM; MANURE; NUTRIENT LOSS; VOLATILIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649128733     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2008.10702390     Document Type: Article

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