Effect of C/N ratio on the in-vessel composting under air pressure of organic fraction of municipal solid waste in Morocco

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-249

  Makan, Abdelhadi ^a   Mountadar, Mohammed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Air pressure; C N ratio; In vessel composting; Organic solid waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866674564     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-012-0062-0     Document Type: Article

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