Composting of anaerobic sludge: An economically feasible element of a sustainable sewage sludge management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-55

  Cukjati, N ^a   Zupancic G D ^b   Ros M ^b   Grilc, V ^c  

^a Public Utility Company Velenje Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b Institute for Environmental Protection and Sensors   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic sludge; Composting; Sewage sludge; Stabilization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; LAND FILL; PILES; PILOT PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; COMPOSTING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LANDFILL COVERS; MANAGEMENT IS; PILOT PLANT EXPERIMENTS; SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE TREATMENTS; WINTER CONDITIONS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LANDFILL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANAEROBIC SLUDGE COMPOSTING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84860341400     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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