The variability in nutrient composition of Anaerobic Digestate granules produced from high shear granulation

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-42

  Mangwandi, Chirangano ^a   JiangTao, Liu ^a   Albadarin, Ahmad B ^a   Allen, Stephen J ^a   Walker, Gavin M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic Digestate; Fertilizer; Granulation; Homogeniety; Mixing

Indexed keywords

DIGESTATE; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HIGH-SHEAR GRANULATION; HOMOGENIETY; IMPELLER SPEED; LIMESTONE POWDER; NUTRIENT COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT SOURCES; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PROCESS VARIABLES; PROCESSING TIME;

DEIONIZED WATER; FERTILIZERS; GRANULATION; MIXING; POTASSIUM;

NUTRIENTS;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER; HOMOGENEITY; LIMESTONE; MIXING; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC NUTRIENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FERTILIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84872399551     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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