A new deterministic model for forced-aeration composting processes with batch operation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1239-1250

  Seki, Hirakazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batch type unturned composting process; Heat conduction; Liquid water transfer; Macroscopic model; Megascopic model; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAT CONDUCTION; MOISTURE; SEWAGE AERATION; SUBSTRATES;

MEGASCOPIC MODELS;

COMPOSTING;

AERATION; COMPOSTING; HEAT CONDUCTION; MODELING;

EID: 0036665430     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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