Selection of bulking agents for composting of sewage sludge

Environment Protection Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-103

  Malińska, Krystyna ^a   Zabochnicka Świa̧tek, Magdalena ^a  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; MIXTURES; PILES; POROSITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR-FILLED POROSITIES; BULK DENSITY; BULKING AGENTS; C:N RATIO; COMPOSTING PILES; LABORATORY DETERMINATIONS; MECHANICAL; PILE DEPTH; WATER-HOLDING CAPACITY; WOOD CHIP;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

EID: 84880425081     PISSN: 03248828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.37190/epe130209     Document Type: Article

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