The combustion behavior of typical components of MSW was examined with a thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA). The experiments were done over the temperature range of room temperature to 1000 degrees C at a heating rate of 10 degrees C/min and in an oxidizing atmosphere. The results indicated that the entire weight loss process of each typical component of MSW consists of one to three distinct co...

Solar model independent tests of the vacuum oscillation and MSW solutions of the solar neutrino problem are considered. Detailed predictions for time (seasonal) variations of the signals in the future solar neutrino detectors (SNO, Super Kamiokande, BOREXINO, HELLAZ), if solar neutrinos take part in vacuum oscillations, are given. Results on the distortions of the spectra of 8B neutrinos, and o...

Mr. Don Walter should be commended for his technical paper dealing with the real-world problems of preparing anaerobic digester feeds from a difficult raw material, municipal solid waste (MSW). The information presented in the paper is not readily available in the published litera­ ture, and will be valuable to engineers interested in MSW processing and digestion. The author discusses some of t...

Various theoretical uncertainties in the standard solar model and in the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) analysis are discussed. It is shown that two methods of estimating the solar neutrino flux uncertainties are equivalent: (a) a simple parametrization of the uncertainties using the core temperature and the nuclear production cross sections; (b) the Monte Carlo method of Bahcall and Ulrich...

133 ISSN 1758-3004 10.4155/CMT.12.11 © 2012 Future Science Ltd Background Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a ubiquitous byproduct of industrialized societies. Sanitary landfills are the most commonly used means to dispose of MSW, but the limited availability of land in some places can make it difficult to find suitable locations for new landfills [1]. Additionally, in some cases, leachate produce...

a study of the biokinetics of anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste (msw) was carried out using anaerobic batch digester. from the experimental results, the kinetic parameters (coefficient values) of the digestion of the msw were determined. the maximum rate of substrate utilization (k), saturation constant (ks), endogenous decay coefficient (kd), biomass yield or microbial growth yield ...

A long-term field experiment utilising barley received four different treatments prior to sowing: municipal solid waste (MSW) compost at either 20 t ha (C20) or 80 t ha (C80); cow manure (MA) at 20 t ha; mineral fertilizer (MIN) or NPK (400 kg ha); and NH4NO3 (150 kg ha). The effects of these applications on soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass at crop harvest were measured after nine y...

A comprehensive review of heat generation in various types of wastes and of the thermal regime of waste containment facilities is provided in this paper. Municipal solid waste (MSW), MSW incineration ash, and mining wastes were included in the analysis. Spatial and temporal variations of waste temperatures, thermal gradients, thermal properties of wastes, average temperature differentials, and ...

BACKGROUND Male sex workers (MSW) are particularly exposed to sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV. In the Netherlands, data about STI among MSW are scarce. We estimated chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV diagnoses among MSW attending STI clinics and determined associated factors to guide prevention policies. METHODS Using 2006-2012 cross-sectional national surveillance da...

Saline soil was amended with 13.3 and 26.6 g kg of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) compost or sewage sludge, and arylsulphatase (ARY), phosphatase (PHO), dehydrogenase (DEH), β-glucosidase (β-GLU), urease (URE) and catalase (CAT) activities as well as physical-chemical properties were determined after 70 day of incubation under laboratory conditions. MSW compost and sewage sludge significantly impr...