Composting of dewatered wastewater sludge with various ratios of pruning waste used as a bulking agent and monitored by respirometer

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-443

  Ponsá, Sergio ^a   Pagans, Estela ^a   Sánchez, Antoni ^a  

^a Escola Tecnica Superior d'Enginyeria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGY; COMPOSTING; SANITATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

APPLICATION TO LAND; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; GERMINATION INDEX; INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; SELF-HEATING TEST; THERMOPHILIC TEMPERATURES;

PILES;

EID: 62649166826     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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