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Understanding the factors affecting the self-heating process of compost piles: Two-dimensional analysis
Get PDFIndustrial compost piles contain large volumes of bulk organic materials. Normally, there are two main heat generation processes—oxidation of cellulosic materials and biological activity within the compost pile. Biological heating occurs at a lower temperature range, but it may `kick-start' the oxidation reaction. Nevertheless, biological heating is desirable and is a key component in composting operations. However, there are cases when the temperature within the compost piles increases beyond the ignition temperature of cellulosic materials which can result in spontaneous ignition. This investigation considers the self-heating process that occurs in a compost pile using a two-dimensional spatially-dependent model incorporating terms that account for self-heating due to both biological and oxidative mechanisms. The variation of temperature distribution within different pile geometries is examined.
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Interacting quarter-plane lattice walk problems: solutions and proofs
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Spatio-temporal modelling for nonstationary point referenced data
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Using inert hot-spots to induce ignition within industrial stockpiles
Get PDFThe potential for materials undergoing oxidation reactions to spontaneously combust when they are stored in large stockpiles is well known. We consider an application in which such self-heating is desirable and investigate the use of inert hotspots as a means to promote thermal runaway. The size and location of the hotspot are found to have the largest effects on self-heating. Less pronounced are effects due a periodic ambient temperature. The advection velocity through the stockpile can have large effects
Translating solitons for the mean curvature flow in
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On Stark's class number conjecture and the generalised Brauer-Siegel conjecture
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Finite sum of composition operators on Fock space
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