Maturity degree of composts from municipal solid wastes evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1099-1105

  De Oliveira, S C ^a   Provenzano, M R ^b   Santiago Silva, M R ^a   Senesi, N ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compost; Differential scanning calorimetry; Maturity degree; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALORIMETERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ASH CONTENTS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW-TEMPERATURE ENDOTHERMS; MATURITY DEGREES; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ORGANIC MATTER; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

CALORIMETRY; COMPOST; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036441107     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332308618340     Document Type: Article

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