Co-composting of green waste and food waste at low C/N ratio

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 602-609

  Kumar, Mathava ^a   Ou, Yan Liang ^a   Lin, Jih Gaw ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; C/N RATIO; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; COCOMPOSTING; COMPOSTING REACTORS; FOOD WASTE; GERMINATION INDEX; GREEN WASTES; IN-VESSEL; MOISTURE CONTENTS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRE-SELECTED; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SECOND-ORDER EQUATION; TOTAL VOLATILE SOLIDS;

COMPOSTING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOILS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON; COMPOSTING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NITROGEN; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; GERMINATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; REACTOR OPERATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SOIL AMENDMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; FOOD; GARDENING; GERMINATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; RAPHANUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 75849157429     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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