Characterization and modelling of the heat transfers in a pilot-scale reactor during composting under forced aeration

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1091-1105

  de Guardia, A ^a,b   Petiot, C ^a,b   Benoist, J C ^a,b   Druilhe, C ^a,b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aeration rate; Composting; Heat transfers; Modelling; Organic waste; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; FORCED AERATION; HEAT PRODUCTION; INSULATION THICKNESS; MATERIAL TEMPERATURE; MODELLING; ORGANIC WASTES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE; PILOT-SCALE REACTORS; SURFACE CONVECTION;

COMPOSTING; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; WASTES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ORGANIC MATTER;

AERATION; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELING; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; ORGANIC WASTE; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR MONITORING; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGENESIS;

HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860128617     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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