Sewage sludge composting: Influence of initial mixtures on organic matter evolution and N availability in the final composts

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1922-1930

  Doublet, Jérémy ^a,b   Francou, Cédric ^b   Poitrenaud, Maelenn ^b   Houot, Sabine ^a  

^a UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^b Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENTS; C:N RATIO; COMPOSTING PROCESS; DEGRADABILITY; FINAL COMPOST; HOMOGENISATION; IMMOBILISATION; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERALISATION; N AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST; SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SOIL INCUBATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CARBON; COMPOSTING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON SOURCE; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COLORIMETRY; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL;

EID: 77956268229     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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