Odours and volatile organic compounds emitted from municipal solid waste at different stage of decomposition and relationship with biological stability

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4638-4645

  Scaglia, B ^a   Orzi, V ^a   Artola, A ^b   Font, X ^b   Davoli, E ^c   Sanchez, A ^b   Adani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic respiration index; GC MS; Mechanical biological treatment; Odours; VOC

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; GC-MS; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ODOURS; VOC;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; HALOGENATION; MOLECULES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ODORS; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MOLECULE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ODOR; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; ODORS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESPIRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79951941580     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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