Ambient air temperature effects on the temperature of sewage sludge composting process

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1004-1007

  Huang, Qi Fei ^a   Chen, Tong Bin ^b   Gao, Ding ^b   Huang, Ze Chun ^b  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient air temperature; Composting; Hysteresis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; HYSTERESIS; POROSITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPOSTING TEMPERATURE; SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING; VOLUME RATIO;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPOSTING; HYSTERESIS; POROSITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPOSTING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 33644594468     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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