Wood ash for application in municipal biowaste composting

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5214-5220

  Kurola, Jukka M ^a   Arnold, Mona ^b   Kontro, Merja H ^a   Talves, Matti ^c   Romantschuk, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Engce Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biowaste; Fly ash; Large scale composting; Odour formation; PH control

Indexed keywords

BIO-WASTE; BIOWASTE COMPOSTING; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; COMPOSTING TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES IN; INITIAL PH; LARGE-SCALE COMPOSTING; LIMIT VALUES; LOW DOSE; MINERALISATION; ODOUR FORMATION; PH CONTROL; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; SAFE END; WOOD ASH;

FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; WOOD;

QUALITY CONTROL;

HEAVY METAL;

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL; MINERALIZATION; ODOR; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; WOOD ASH;

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; WOOD ASH;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

COMPOSTING; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; PH; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79952534106     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.092     Document Type: Article

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