ON THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL INDEXES FOR DETERMINING AGRICULTURAL COMPOST MATURITY - EXTENSION TO THE FIELD SCALE

被引:11
作者
GODDEN, B
PENNINCKX, MJ
CASTILLE, C
机构
[1] UNIV LIBRE BRUXELLES,FAC SCI,MICROBIOL LAB,1 AVE E GRYSON,B-1070 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[2] CTR ENSEIGNEMENT & RECH IND ALIMENTAIRES & CHIM,INST RECH,B-1070 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[3] COOPERAT RECH ANIMAT BRABANT WALLON EST,ZONE MARAICHERE BIOL,B-5974 OPPREBAIS,BELGIUM
来源
AGRICULTURAL WASTES | 1986年 / 15卷 / 03期
关键词
AGRICULTURE - Materials - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Applications - WASTE UTILIZATION - Processing;
D O I
10.1016/0141-4607(86)90013-2
中图分类号
S2 [农业工程];
学科分类号
0828 ;
摘要
A comparative study of a bench-scale and a pile composting showed that the C/N, ash percentage and alkaline phosphatase activity were potentially useful parameters for estimating the maturation of cattle manure compost. The values of these parameters were nearly constant during a simulated poor composting, whereas they changed significantly during an optimal process. Other parameters - decomposition degree, chemical oxygen demand, invertase and Rusch number - were less sensitive indicators of composting. The use of these data for agricultural compost samples has shown that high alkaline phosphatase activity and NO//3** minus /NH//4** plus ratio were correlated with compost maturity.
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页码:169 / 178
页数:10
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