Kinetic analysis of forced aeration composting - I. Reaction rates and temperature

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-312

  Bari, Quazi H ^b   Koenig, Albert ^a   Guihe, Tao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aeration mode; Composting; Degradation; Organic solid waste; Reaction rate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLID WASTES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; FIRST-ORDER REACTION MODEL; KINETIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC SOLID WASTES;

COMPOSTING;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0034256015     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3070.2000.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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