Effect of initial moisture content on the in-vessel composting under air pressure of organic fraction of municipal solid waste in Morocco

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Makan, Abdelhadi ^a   Assobhei, Omar ^a   Mountadar, Mohammed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Air pressure; Bioreactor; Composting; Moisture content; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84879062663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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