Performance of in-vessel composting of food waste in the presence of coal ash and uric acid

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 203-204, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-45

  An, Chun Jiang ^a   Huang, Guo He ^a   Yao, Yao ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   An, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal ash; Composting; Food waste; In vessel system; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; FOOD WASTE; FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING; IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING; IN-VESSEL SYSTEM; MASSIVE QUANTITIES; MESOPHILIC; ORGANIC MASS; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; UPTAKE RATE; URIC ACIDS;

ASHES; COAL; COAL ASH; COMPOSTING; DROPS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

URIC ACID;

AGROINDUSTRY; ASH; COMPOSTING; DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OXYGEN; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; FLY ASH; FOOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COAL; FOOD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; URIC ACID;

EID: 84855701772     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.11.066     Document Type: Article

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