Organic Waste RecyclingIWA Publishing, 2007 M08 16 - 536 pages This book covers the principles and practices of technologies for the control of pollution originating from organic wastes (e.g. human faeces and urine, wastewater, solid wastes, animal manure and agro-industrial wastes) and the recycling of these organic wastes into valuable products such as fertilizer, biofuels, algal and fish protein and irrigated crops. Each recycling technology is described with respect to:
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Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Characteristics of organic wastes | 21 |
3 Composting | 88 |
4 Biofuel production | 145 |
5 Algae production | 219 |
6 Fish production | 262 |
7 Aquatic weeds and their utilization | 308 |
8 Land treatment of wastewater | 383 |
9 Land treatment of sludge | 445 |
10 Management of organic waste recycling program | 476 |
Index | 509 |
Common terms and phrases
acids agricultural algae algal amount anaerobic animal application application rate aquatic aquatic weeds bacteria biogas BODs cells characteristics chemical compost concentration constructed containing cost countries crops density depending depth determine developing digester disposal effective effluent energy environmental Equation factors feed fertilizer Figure fish fish ponds flow given growth harvesting HRAP human increase industry irrigation land less limits loading loading rate materials matter mechanisms metals method mg/L mixed needed nitrogen nutrients operation organic organic wastes period plants pollution pond practice present problems production range ratio recycling reduce removal reported result reuse shown sludge soil solids species stabilization suitable surface Table temperature tion treated treatment unit waste waste recycling wastewater water hyacinth weight yield