Application of a recyclable plastic bulking agent for sewage sludge composting

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 329-336

  Zhou, Hai Bin ^a   Ma, Chuang ^a,b   Gao, Ding ^a   Chen, Tong Bin ^a   Zheng, Guo Di ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Pan, Tian Hao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF LIGHT INDUSTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Composting; Oxygen content change; Recyclable plastic bulking agent; Sewage sludge; Water removal

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; OXYGEN; PILES; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BULKING AGENTS; HARMLESS TREATMENTS; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SLUDGE COMPOSTING; WATER EVAPORATION; WATER REMOVAL;

WATER TREATMENT;

BULKING AGENT; OXYGEN; PLASTIC; RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BULKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

COMPOST; COMPOSTING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; OXYGEN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SAWDUST; SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSTING; OXYGEN CONTENT CHANGE; RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BULKING AGENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER REMOVAL;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRASSICA; GERMINATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84889600611     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.061     Document Type: Article

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