Microwave inactivation of Bacillus atrophaeus spores in healthcare waste

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2327-2335

  Oliveira, E A ^a   Nogueira, N G P ^a   Innocentini, M D M ^a   Pisani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS; ARRHENIUS LAW; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HEALTHCARE WASTES; HEATING CURVES; LABORATORY SCALE; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MICROWAVE PROCESSING; PER UNIT; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WASTE MASS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BACTERIOLOGY; HEATING; MOISTURE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

SURFACTANT;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL WASTE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS; CALIBRATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MICROWAVES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRAO PRETO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS;

EID: 77957751441     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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