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Heat Recovery of Compost Reactors: Field Study of Operational Behaviour, Heating Power and Influence Factors Cover

Heat Recovery of Compost Reactors: Field Study of Operational Behaviour, Heating Power and Influence Factors

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
Volume 28 (2021): Issue 2 (June 2021)
By: Nele Jaschke and  Torsten Schmidt-Baum  
Open Access
|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2021-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2084-4549 | Journal ISSN: 1898-6196
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Language: English
Page range: 201 - 217
Published on: Jul 23, 2021
Published by: Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
biomass energy,
composting,
passive aeration,
heat exchanger,
gas concentration
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Sustainable and green chemistry,
Engineering,
Electrical engineering,
Energy engineering,
Life sciences,
Ecology

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