A complete mass balance of a complex combined anaerobic/aerobic municipal source-separated waste treatment plant

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 799-805

  Pognani, Michele ^a   Barrena, Raquel ^a   Font, Xavier ^a   Sánchez, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Municipal waste; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stability; Waste source separation; Waste treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS; ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL METHOD; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; CRITICAL POINTS; DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; FINAL COMPOST; MASS BALANCE; MECHANICAL PRE-TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PRE-TREATMENT; QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; TOTAL SOLIDS; TREATMENT PLANTS; TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT UNITS; WASTE TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SEPARATION; STABILIZATION;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

BIOGAS; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPOSTING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE FACILITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MASS BALANCE; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CITIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

EID: 84858798323     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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