Determination of thermal properties of composting bulking materials

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3974-3981

  Ahn, H K ^a   Sauer, T J ^a   Richard, T L ^b   Glanville, T D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost bulking materials; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity; Thermal properties; Volumetric heat capacity

Indexed keywords

BEEF MANURES; BULK DENSITIES; COMPOST BULKING MATERIALS; COMPOST FEEDSTOCKS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; FIRST ORDERS; HEAT MANAGEMENTS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; REGRESSION MODELS; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SOLID MATERIALS; SOYBEAN STRAWS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; THREE COMPONENTS; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY; WATER-HOLDING CAPACITIES; WHEAT STRAWS; WOOD SHAVINGS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; HYBRID MATERIALS; MANURES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRICITY; WATER CONTENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BULK DENSITY; COMPOSTING; PARTICLE SIZE; STRAW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BULK DENSITY; COMPOSTING; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

DIFFUSION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67349224613     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.11.056     Document Type: Article

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