How to enhance humification during composting of separately collected biowaste: Impact of feedstock and processing

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1153-1163

  Binner, Erwin ^a   Smidt, Ena ^a   Tintner, Johannes ^a   Böhm, Katharina ^a   Lechner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

compost quality; composting; humic substances; Separately collected biowaste; sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BIO-WASTE; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; COMPOST QUALITY; DRY MATTERS; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIFICATION; LONG LASTING; LOSS ON IGNITION; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; PHOTOMETRIC METHOD; PRE-TREATMENT; REACTOR SYSTEMS; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WINDROW SYSTEMS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FEEDSTOCKS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPOSTING;

HUMIC ACID;

COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; DRY MATTER; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFICATION; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COMPOSTING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMIFICATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON; CITIES; GARBAGE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 82555176765     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11413954     Document Type: Article

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