Co-composting of the solid fraction of anaerobic digestates, to obtain added-value materials for use in agriculture

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-35

  Bustamante, M A ^a   Alburquerque, J A ^a   Restrepo, A P ^b   de la Fuente, C ^a   Paredes, C ^b   Moral, R ^b   Bernal, M P ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Cattle slurry; Compost; Maturity; Physical properties; Phytopathogen suppression

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; BULKING AGENTS; CATTLE SLURRY; COCOMPOSTING; COMPOST; COMPOSTING PILES; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; DIGESTATE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; END-PRODUCTS; FINAL COMPOST; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; GROWING MEDIA; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; IN-VITRO; MATURITY; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PHYTOPATHOGENS; RUTGERS; SOLID FRACTION;

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEAVY METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SLURRY PIPELINES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CATTLE; COMPOSTING; DILUTION; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECYCLING; SILAGE; SLURRY;

BOS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. MELONIS;

EID: 84861321602     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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