An experimental investigation of the combustion performance of human faeces

Fuel

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 780-791

  Onabanjo, Tosin ^a   Kolios, Athanasios J ^a   Patchigolla, Kumar ^a   Wagland, Stuart T ^a   Fidalgo, Beatriz ^a   Jurado, Nelia ^a   Hanak, Dawid P ^a   Manovic, Vasilije ^a   Parker, Alison ^a   McAdam, Ewan ^a   Williams, Leon ^a   Tyrrel, Sean ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combustion; Faecal biomass; Nano membrane toilet; Non sewered sanitary systems; Smouldering

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; MOISTURE; RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR TO FUEL RATIOS; COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; NANO MEMBRANE TOILET; SANITARY SYSTEMS; SMOULDERING;

IGNITION;

EID: 84979533483     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.07.077     Document Type: Article

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