Effect of different techniques of composting on stability and maturity of municipal solid waste compost

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid ^a   Shafiq, Tahira ^a   Ahmed, Khurshed ^b  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bulking agent; Compost; Degree of polymerization; Humification; MSW

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; HYDROXYLATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM-N; BULKING AGENTS; C/N RATIO; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COMPOST MATURITY; COMPOSTING PROCESS; CONCENTRATION OF; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FULVIC ACIDS; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFICATION; HUMIFICATION INDEX; MATURITY LEVELS; MESOPHILIC; MIXED TYPE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST; NITRATE-N; TIME INTERVAL; TOTAL CARBON;

COMPOSTING;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

COMPOSTING; CORRELATION; HUMIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMIDIFIER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 77649311085     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903426703     Document Type: Article

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