High solids co-digestion of food and landscape waste and the potential for ammonia toxicity

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1289-1298

  Drennan, Margaret F ^a   DiStefano, Thomas D ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia inhibition; Food waste; High solids anaerobic co digestion; Landscape waste; Waste biodegradability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; METHANE;

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA INHIBITION; ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; FOOD WASTE; HIGH-SOLIDS ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; PILOT-SCALE STUDY;

LOADING;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT; WASTE; CARBON;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; FOOD; INHIBITION; LANDSCAPE; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION);

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD WASTE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE WASTE; PHASE TRANSITION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPERATION; RESPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WASTE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; HIGH SOLID ANAEROBIC CODIGESTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; METHANE; PENNSYLVANIA; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84901983159     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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