Feasibility study of a passive aeration reactor equipped with vertical pipes for compost stabilization of cow manure

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 456-464

  Sylla Boundou, Youssouf ^a   Kuroda, Masao ^a   Yamada, Masayuki ^b   Matsumoto, Naoko ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Livestock Experimental Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composting rate; Conventional passive aeration composting; Cow manure; Passively aerated innovative bioreactor; Temperature control; Wmr 817 6

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL PASSIVE-AERATION COMPOSTING; CONVERSION RATIO; FORCED AIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HEAT BALANCE EQUATION; PASSIVE AERATION REACTOR; VERTICAL PIPE;

COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; PIPE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

BIOREACTORS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; PIPE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

AERATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; MANURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AERATION; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANURE; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TUBE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MANURE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 33750037308     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06066429     Document Type: Article

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