The use of biochar-amended composting to improve the humification and degradation of sewage sludge

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-258

  Zhang, Jining ^a   Lü, Fan ^a   Shao, Liming ^a,b   He, Pinjing ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North Research Center for Rural Wastewater Treatment Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence excitation and emission matrix; FT IR; Humus substances; SEM; Water extractable organic matter

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELEMENTARY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FT-IR; HUMUS SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC DEGRADATION; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; SOLID ORGANIC MATTER; WATER-EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTERS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BULKING AGENT; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD BIOCHAR; BIOCHAR; CARBON; CHARCOAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; SOIL; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CHARCOAL; COMPOSTING; FLUORESCENCE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; STRAW;

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; STRAW; WOOD; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CHARCOAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 84904998101     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.080     Document Type: Article

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