A modified dynamic respiration test to assess compost stability: Effect of sample size and air flowrate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 300-309

  Komilis, Dimitrios ^a   Kanellos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air flowrate; Compost stability; Dynamic respiration index; Microbial respiration activity

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR FLOWRATES; COMPOST STABILITY; DYNAMIC RESPIRATION INDEX; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ON DYNAMICS; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENTS; SAMPLE SIZES;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON DIOXIDE;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOST; CORRELATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION; STABILIZATION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; FLOW RATE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RHEOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL;

EID: 84861170367     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.095     Document Type: Article

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