Can incineration technology convert celss wastes to resources for crop production ? A working hypothesis and some preliminary findings

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-333

  Wignarajah, K ^a   Pisharody, S ^a   Fisher, J W ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INCINERATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PLANT; SPACE FLIGHT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; INCINERATION; LETTUCE; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANTS; SPACE FLIGHT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033642045     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)01072-8     Document Type: Article

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