Effect of composting on the removal of semivolatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) from sewage sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 453-457

  Cai, Quan Ying ^a,c   Mo, Ce Hui ^b   Lü, Huixiong ^a,c   Zeng, Qiao Yun ^a,c   Wu, Qi Tang ^a,c   Li, Yan Wen ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Composting; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Removal; Semivolatile organic chemicals; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICALS; COMPOSTING; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPOSTING PROCESS; DRY WEIGHT; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS; REMOVAL RATE; SOXHLET;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ESTER; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BENZENE; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; INTERMITTENT AERATED COMPOST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MANUAL TURNED COMPOST; NATURALLY AERATED COMPOST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAWDUST; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEWAGE; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION;

CHLOROBENZENES; ESTERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; SOIL; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84878177317     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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