The importance of aeration mode and flowrate in the determination of the biological activity and stability of organic wastes by respiration indices

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 256-262

  Almeira, Natividad ^a   Komilis, Dimitrios ^a   Barrena, Raquel ^a   Gea, Teresa ^a   Sánchez, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeration mode; Biological stability; Dynamic respiration index; Oxygen uptake rate; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; STABILITY; WASTES;

ACTIVE SUBSTRATES; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; CONSTANT FLOWRATE; DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY; STABILITY DEGREE;

BIOACTIVITY;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXYGEN; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; STABILIZATION; THRESHOLD; WASTE;

AERATION; AIR; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MOISTURE; ORGANIC WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

OXYGEN;

BIOREACTORS; OXYGEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939150368     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.102     Document Type: Article

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