Monitoring respiration and biological stability during sludge composting with a modified dynamic respirometer

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6562-6568

  Villaseñor, José ^a   Pérez, Martina Angeles ^a   Fernández, Francisco Jesús ^a   Puchalski, Cecilia Mabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost stability; Dynamic respirometer; Respiration indices; Sludge composting; Static respirometer

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; COMPOST STABILITY; COMPOSTING PROCESS; DYNAMIC CONDITION; FINAL COMPOST; INTERNAL AIRFLOW; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PILOT SCALE; RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS; RESPIRATION INDICES; RESPIRATION RATE; RESPIROMETRIC TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SLUDGE DRYING; SOLID MIXTURES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC RESPIROMETER; RESPIROMETER;

BIODEGRADATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; STABILITY;

COMPOSTING;

AIRFLOW; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; REACTION RATE; RESPIRATION; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; HUMIDIFIER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETER; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMIDITY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOIL; SPAIN;

EID: 79955468732     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.03.080     Document Type: Article

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