Quantifying the contribution of lignin to humic acid structures during composting

J Zhao, Y Zhang, H Cong, C Zhang, J Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The transformation behavior of different types of lignin structure was investigated during
composing with particular interest of revealing the contribution rate of lignin functional …

Revealing mechanism of phenol-amine reaction to form humus in compost based on high-resolution liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and spectroscopy

J Zhou, W Gao, L Xie, R Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Wei - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Humus is the stable form of carbon storage in straw compost. The phenol-amine reaction is
a pathway for humus formation in straw compost. In this study, two reaction systems, GP …

Comparative studies of grass compost lignin and the lignin component of compost humic substances

O Bikovens, G Telysheva, K Iiyama - Chemistry and Ecology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this research was to compare the structural features of lignin and alkali-soluble
humic substances isolated from grass compost at different stages of composting, and to …

Alkali lignin and sodium lignosulfonate additives promote the formation of humic substances during paper mill sludge composting

W Wang, Y Hou, W Huang, X Liu, P Wen, Y Wang… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alkali lignin (AL) and sodium lignosulfonate (SLS) are by-products of the papermaking
industry and could influence composting processes due to their rich aromatic structures. In …

Co-composting of lignin to build up humic substances—strategies in waste management to improve compost quality

E Smidt, K Meissl, M Schmutzer… - Industrial crops and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Co-composting of different lignin sources with biogenic waste from the separate collection in
Vienna was carried out in lab-scale experiments to promote humification as lignin is known …

Promoting lignin exploitability in compost: A cooperative microbial depolymerization mechanism

W Yao, D Cai, F Huang, TA Mohamed, P Li… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin, as the second largest biomass resource in the biomass plant, has the potential to be
converted into other organic matter. Microbial mediated biocatalytic process in compost can …

Identifying the key factors that affect the formation of humic substance during different materials composting

J Wu, Y Zhao, H Qi, X Zhao, T Yang, Y Du… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to identify the factors which can affect humic substance (HS)
formation. Composting periods, HS precursors, bacteria communities and environment …

Analysis of humus formation and factors for driving the humification process during composting of different agricultural wastes

B Zhao, Y Wang, H Sun, Z Xu - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Composting can convert organic materials into stable humus (HS), resulting in high-fertility
organic fertilizers that were widely used in the treatment of agricultural wastes. Therefore, it …

Structural characteristics of humic acids extracted from woody composts by two-step composting process

M Kakezawa, T Nishida, Y Takahara - Soil science and plant …, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
Humic acids (HAs) extracted from woody composts by a two-step fermentation procedure
(lignin degradation as the 1st step and humification as the 2nd step) were analyzed by a …

Assessment of multiorigin humin components evolution and influencing factors during composting

X Xie, X Gao, C Pan, Z Wei, Y Zhao… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Humin (HM) is a complex mixture of molecules produced in the different biological
processes, and the structural evolution of HM in the agricultural wastes composting are not …