Self-heating in compost piles due to biological effects

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4612-4619

  Nelson, M I ^a   Marchant, T R ^a   Wake, G C ^b   Balakrishnan, E ^c   Chen, X D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combustion; Composting; Heat conduction; Non linear dynamics; Safety; Self heating

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOACTIVITY; COMBUSTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS;

COMBUSTION PROBLEMS; HEAT RELEASE RATE; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; STEADY TEMPERATURE;

COMPOSTING;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOACTIVITY; COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 34547444083     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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