Characterizing the biotransformation of sulfur-containing wastes in simulated landfill reactors

Waste Management

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-91

  Sun, Wenjie ^a   Sun, Mei ^b   Barlaz, Morton A ^b  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash; Coal combustion residue; Hydrogen sulfide; Landfill; Sulfur containing waste

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; ASHES; CARBON; COAL COMBUSTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLY ASH; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; FIRST-ORDER DECAYS; LABORATORY-SCALE REACTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); ODOR THRESHOLDS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFUR;

ASH; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRST ORDER DECAY RATE CONSTANT; FLY ASH; LANDFILL; LANDFILL REACTOR; LEACHING; MICROORGANISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SULFUR CONTAINING WASTE; WASTE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

UNITED STATES;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84956861393     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.028     Document Type: Article

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