Effect of volumetric water content on thermal properties of dairy cattle feces mixed with sawdust

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-297

  Iwabuchi, K ^a   Kimura, T ^b   Otten, L ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compost; Dairy cattle feces; Thermal properties; Volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

DAIRY CATTLE FECES; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAWDUST; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; FECES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER CONTENT;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032781229     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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