A kinetic analysis of solid waste composting at optimal conditions

Waste Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-91

  Komilis, Dimitris P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON FRACTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION RATES;

SOLID WASTES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

COMPOSTING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GARBAGE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; POACEAE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

EID: 27744520045     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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