Comparison of five organic wastes regarding their behaviour during composting: Part 1, biodegradability, stabilization kinetics and temperature rise

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-414

  de Guardia, A ^a,b   Mallard, P ^a,b   Teglia, C ^a,b   Marin, A ^a,b   Le Pape, C ^a,b   Launay, M ^a,b   Benoist, J C ^a,b   Petiot, C ^a,b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; DRY MATTERS; FOOD WASTE; GASEOUS EMISSIONS; GREEN ALGA; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC WASTES; TEMPERATURE RISE; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL MASS; TOTAL OXYGEN;

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SEWAGE; STABILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; DRY MATTER; GREEN ALGA; KINETICS; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; GREEN ALGA; ORGANIC WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SLUDGE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRANCE; KINETICS; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEWAGE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHLOROPHYTA; SUIDAE;

EID: 73849090904     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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