Composting of vegetable waste

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Chang, James I ^a   Tsai, J J ^a   Wu, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CO2 evolution; Composting process optimization; Gompertz model; Multivariate regression; Vegetable waste; wmr 875 6

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA GROWTH; COMPOSTING PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; GOMPERTZ MODEL; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; VEGETABLE WASTE;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AERATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEEDING; SOLID WASTE; VEGETABLE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPOSTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; VEGETABLE;

AIR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746145543     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06065727     Document Type: Article

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