Predicting biodegradable volatile solids degradation profiles in the composting process

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 559-569

  Mason, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CONCRETES; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUBSTRATES;

AERATED STATIC PILES; COMPLETELY MIXED; COMPOSTING PROCESSES; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; DEGRADATION PROFILES; DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; GENERIC SHAPES; HEAT BALANCES; INPUT DATUMS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCES; MICROBIAL GROWTHS; NEW MODELS; PHASE PROFILES; RATE COEFFICIENTS; SUBSTRATE DEGRADATIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRECTIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VALIDATION DATUMS; VARYING TEMPERATURES; VOLATILE SOLIDS;

FORECASTING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; REACTION RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 56349128161     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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