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EVALUATION OF 'WITHIN-VESSEL' SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING SYSTEMS IN EUROPE

Citation:

EVALUATION OF 'WITHIN-VESSEL' SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING SYSTEMS IN EUROPE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-79/088 (NTIS PB80180847), 1979.

Description:

The objectives were: (1) To update a review of the state of the art of sewage sludge composting in Europe; (2) to evaluate a European-designed, continuous, thermophilic, mechanical, aerobic, composting system in Germany; and (3) to compare its cost to those of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beltsville static-pile, aerated composting system. This report addresses the general characteristics of the European composting systems and a bioreactor in Hochheim am Main, West Germany.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:12/31/1979
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 47954