Smouldering combustion as a treatment technology for faeces: Exploring the parameter space

Fuel

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-116

  Yerman L ^a   Hadden, Rory M ^b   Carrascal, J ^a   Fabris, Ivo ^c   Cormier, Daniel ^c   Torero, José L ^a   Gerhard, Jason I ^c   Krajcovic, Michal ^b   Pironi, Paolo ^b   Cheng, Yu Ling ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faeces; Incineration; Smouldering combustion; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INCINERATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL HAZARD; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FAECES; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; SMOULDERING COMBUSTIONS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84922281701     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.01.055     Document Type: Article

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