Producing Energy and Fertilizer from Organic

Producing Energy and Fertilizer from Organic
Municipal Solid Waste: Enhancing hydrolysis and bacterial populations and mixing and thermodynamic modeling of new solid waste treatment technology
Ecology Publication Number 09-07-064

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Producing Energy and Fertilizer from Organic Municipal Solid
Waste: Enhancing hydrolysis and bacterial populations and mixing and thermodynamic modeling of new solid waste treatment technology Submitted by
Bioprocessing & Bioproducts Engineering Laboratory
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Washington State University
June 2009
Usama E Zaher, PhD, PE
Shulin Chen, PhD, PE
Project Leaders and Principal Investigators
Bioprocessing & Bioproducts Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120
Chenlin Li, PhD, Research Associate
Bioprocessing & Bioproducts Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120
Liang Yu, Research Assistant
Timothy Ewing, Research Assistant
Bioprocessing & Bioproducts Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120

This project was completed under Interagency Agreement C0700136 with the Bioprocessing &
Bioproducts Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University

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The Washington State Department of Ecology provided funding for this project through the
Beyond Waste Organics Waste to Resources (OWR) project. These funds were provided in the
2007-2009 Washington State budgets from the Waste Reduction Recycling and Litter Control
Account. OWR project goals and objectives were developed by the Beyond Waste Organics team, and were approved by the Solid Waste and Financial Assistance

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