Environmental Biotechnology - Theory and Application

184 Environmental Biotechnology Growth phase (c. 22◦C–c. 40◦C). Growth and reproduction of microbes, re- sulting in a high resp ...

Biotechnology and Waste 185 Table 8.3 Illustrative carbon to nitro- gen ratios Material C:N Food wastes 15:1 Sewage sludge (dige ...

186 Environmental Biotechnology users have begun to investigate assessment based on microbiological profiling. Pioneering work i ...

Biotechnology and Waste 187 of contamination and the need for post-user segregation typically foisted on the operators of centra ...

188 Environmental Biotechnology more to the vagaries of the weather and makes process control more difficult. While this might b ...

Biotechnology and Waste 189 deal with MSW-derived material and one system which has evolved uses huge polythene bags, a metre or ...

190 Environmental Biotechnology particle size; nature of the feedstock; accelerants; processing time. Temperature The temperat ...

Biotechnology and Waste 191 for some materials, the use of amendments or co-composting with other wastes can also help optimise ...

192 Environmental Biotechnology controlled release of methane-rich biogas, which offers the potential for a very real form of en ...

Biotechnology and Waste 193 down into amino acids, fats into long-chain fatty acids and carbohydrates into simple sugars, while ...

194 Environmental Biotechnology since they thrive in a relatively narrow pH threshold of 6.6–7.0, becoming pro- gressively more ...

Biotechnology and Waste 195 take-up of this technology than any other factor. It should also be apparent that more resources, an ...

196 Environmental Biotechnology artificial groupings, giving little clue as to which best suits what type of biowaste. For this, ...

Biotechnology and Waste 197 From all of this discussion, it should be obvious that, however proprietary AD technologies are clas ...

198 Environmental Biotechnology little large-scale use, probably as a result of the higher cost implications of such asystem. Ag ...

Biotechnology and Waste 199 pH and volatile fatty acids concentration These are interdependent factors which need to be consider ...

200 Environmental Biotechnology to the growing demand for biowaste diversion. At the same time, each has its limitations also. F ...

Biotechnology and Waste 201 surface of an underlying soil bed. This is a major difference, principally because it reduces the na ...

202 Environmental Biotechnology achieved without waterlogging, since this reduces pile aeration and may, further actively drive ...

Biotechnology and Waste 203 extremely efficiently, effectively reprising their role in nature under these engi- neered condition ...