Self-heating in yard trimmings: Conditions leading to spontaneous combustion

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 162-182

  Buggeln, Richard ^a   Rynk, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b JG Press Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNITION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TRIMMING;

YARD TRIMMINGS;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; ORGANIC MATTER;

CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUCALYPTUS; FIRE PROTECTION; HEAT LOSS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MULCH; PLANT LEAF; SAWDUST; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0036493801     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2002.10702076     Document Type: Article

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