In-vessel treatment of urban primary sludge by aerobic composting

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5988-5995

  Rihani, Mohammed ^a   Malamis, Dimitri ^b   Bihaoui, Bouchra ^a   Etahiri, Samira ^a   Loizidou, Maria ^b   Assobhei, Omar ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accelerated bioreactor; Aerobic composting; Heavy metal; Microbiological parameters; Urban primary sludge

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMPOSTING; FINAL COMPOST; GENERAL PATTERNS; HIGH-CONTENT; IN-VESSEL; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC WASTES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY SLUDGE; RETENTION TIME; SHEEP MANURE; TEMPERATURE CURVES; URBAN PRIMARY SLUDGE;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METALS; MANURES; METALS; SEWAGE; STRAW; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; TEMPERATURE;

WASTE TREATMENT;

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STRAW; SUGAR BEET; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77951090748     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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