Odorants and malodors associated with land application of biosolids stabilized with lime and coal fly ash

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1405-1415

  Laor, Yael ^a   Naor, Moshe ^a   Ravid, Uzi ^a   Fine, Pinchas ^a   Halachmi, Ilan ^a   Chen, Yona ^b   Baybikov, Rima ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; CHEMICAL MARKERS; CLASS A; CLASS B; COAL FLY ASH; DIMETHYL DISULFIDES; DRY WEIGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAD-SPACE SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LAND APPLICATIONS; LAND SURFACE; ODOR CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC RESOURCES; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; STATIC CHAMBERS; TREATMENT PLANTS; VERTISOLS;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; COAL ASH; COAL DEPOSITS; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

STABILIZATION;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM OXIDE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; NITROGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; COAL; OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; FLY ASH; ISRAEL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; SLUDGE; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VERTISOL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEWAGE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEWAGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053071424     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0033     Document Type: Article

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