Air Space in Composting Research: A Literature Review

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Alburquerque, J A ^a   McCartney, D ^b   Yu, S ^b   Brown, L ^b   Leonard, J J ^c  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CITY OF EDMONTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SPACES; FREE AIR SPACES; FUTURE RESEARCHES; GAS TRANSFERS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS; WORK RELATED;

MODELS;

COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LITERATURE REVIEW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54349086386     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2008.10702374     Document Type: Article

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