Effect of C/N ratio, aeration rate and moisture content on ammonia and greenhouse gas emission during the composting

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1754-1760

  Jiang, Tao ^a,c   Schuchardt, Frank ^b   Li, Guoxue ^a   Guo, Rui ^a   Zhao, Yuanqiu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Agricultural Technology and Biosystems Engineering   (Germany)

^c LESHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Composting; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Pig faeces

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; C/N RATIO; HIGH MOISTURE; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; LABORATORY SCALE; NITROGEN LOSS; NITROUS OXIDE; ORTHOGONAL EXPERIMENT; PIG FAECES; STATISTIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AERATION; AMMONIA; CARBON; COMPOSTING; FECES; GREENHOUSE GAS; LABORATORY METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; METABOLISM; SOIL; SWINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80054070533     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60591-8     Document Type: Article

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