Simple technologies for on-farm composting of cattle slurry solid fraction

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1332-1340

  Brito, L M ^a,b   Mourao I ^a,b   Coutinho, J ^c   Smith, S R ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Compost; Mineralisation; Nitrogen; Organic amendment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SLURRY; BULKING AGENTS; C/N RATIO; CATTLE SLURRY; COMPOST; COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGIES; DEGREE OF STABILIZATION; DRY SOLIDS; LIVESTOCK MANURE; LIVESTOCK SLURRY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; MINERALISATION; MOISTURE REDUCTION; NET LOSS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS; PATHOGEN REDUCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLANT NUTRIENTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SHORT PILE; SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; THERMOPHILIC TEMPERATURES; WATER ADDITION;

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SANITATION; SLURRY PIPELINES; SOILS; WASTE TREATMENT;

PILES;

ORGANIC MATTER;

COMPOSTING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SLURRY;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MESOPHILE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84861578283     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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