Performance of forced, passive, and natural aeration methods for composting manure slurries

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-463

  Sartaj, M ^a   Fernandes, L ^a   Patni, N K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ASAE ^*

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeration; Manure composting; Peat; Temperature

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030974327     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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