In-vessel co-composting of horse stable bedding waste and blood meal at different C/N ratios: Process evaluation

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2561-2567

  Wong, Jonathan W C ^a   Selvam, Ammaiyappan ^a   Zhao, Zhenyong ^a   Karthikeyan, Obuli P ^a   Yu, Shuk Man ^b   Law, Alex C W ^c   Chung, Patricia C P ^d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Electrical Services Department   (Hong Kong)

^c Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^d New Green Environmental Science Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abattoir blood meal; C N ratio; Composting; Horse stable bedding waste; In vessel

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; SEED;

ABATTOIR BLOOD MEAL; C/N RATIO; COCOMPOSTING; COMPOST PRODUCTS; EVOLUTION RATE; FINAL COMPOST; GUIDELINE VALUES; IN-VESSEL; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ORGANIC DECOMPOSITION; PROCESS EVALUATION; SEED GERMINATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BLOOD; CARBON; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; GERMINATION; GUIDELINE; NITROGEN; SEED;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; GERMINATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84871877115     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.679697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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