Livestock manure management and pelleting

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 78-84

  Zafari, Abedin ^a   Kianmehr, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Densification; Livestock manure; Moisture content; Particle size; Pelleting; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867171871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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