Compaction of poultry litter

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 234-238

  Bernhart, M ^a   Fasina, O O ^a   Fulton, J ^a   Wood, C W ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakage force; Density; Specific energy; Storage

Indexed keywords

BEDDING MATERIALS; BIO-ENERGY; BREAKAGE FORCE; CHICKEN MANURE; COMPACTED MATERIALS; DENSITY; ECONOMICAL DESIGN; INITIAL DENSITY; LOW DENSITY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCK; POULTRY LITTER; SPECIFIC ENERGY; STORAGE; VALUE ADDED APPLICATIONS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

COMPACTION; MANURES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PELLETIZING; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

COMPACTION; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; LITTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; POULTRY; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; FEATHER; MANURE; MOISTURE; POULTRY FARMING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STORAGE;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEATHERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; POULTRY; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 70249133689     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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