Factors influencing spontaneous combustion of solid waste

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1600-1607

  Moqbel, Shadi ^a   Reinhart, Debra ^a   Chen, Ruey Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDFILL CONDITION; LANDFILL FIRE; LANDFILL OPERATORS; LEACHATES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PRESENCE OF WATER; SELF-HEATING; SPONTANEOUS IGNITION;

DISSOLUTION; HEATING; IGNITION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

WATER;

COMBUSTION; FIRE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; HEATING; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MOISTURE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

FIRES; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953616449     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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