Evaluation of sewage sludge and yard waste compost as a biofilter media for the removal of ammonia and volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs)

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-53

  Hort, C ^a   Gracy, S ^b   Platel, V ^a   Moynault, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Recyclage Organique Mobile ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biofilter; Compost sewage sludge and yard waste; Emission; Odors; Volatile organic sulfur compounds (VOSCs)

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMPOSTING; AIR STREAMS; COMPOST SEWAGE SLUDGE AND YARD WASTE; CONCENTRATION OF; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EMISSION; ETHANETHIOL; EXHAUST ODOR; FILTER MEDIUMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MASS LOAD; METHANETHIOL; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; PACKING MATERIALS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS (VOSCS); VOLUMETRIC AIR FLOW RATE; YARD WASTES;

AMMONIA; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ODOR REMOVAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING;

EID: 67649768605     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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