Ammonia sanitisation of sewage sludge using urea

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1866-1872

  Fidjeland, Jørgen ^a,b   Lalander, Cecilia ^a   Jönsson, Håkan ^a   Vinnerås, Björn ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia sanitisation; Enterococcus; Inactivation; Salmonella; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; INACTIVATION; LAG PHASE DURATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

AMMONIA; METABOLISM; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

UREA;

AMMONIA; UREA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; UREA;

AMMONIA SANITIZATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIA INACTIVATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PH; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SANITATION; SLUDGE; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84885379708     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.443     Document Type: Article

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