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A Calorimetric Description of the Digestion of Organic Matter in Landfills

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Global heat balances with biomass production for aerobic and anaerobic biodigestion of organic matter are proposed. These balances nicely illustrate the thermodynamic differences between these two kinds of biodigestion, and illustrate, in a simple way, a landfill’s potential for recycling energy originally contained in waste.

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  1. Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55–534, 09340, México D.F., México

    LAURA MERAZ & ARMANDO DOMINGUEZ

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  1. LAURA MERAZ
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MERAZ, L., DOMINGUEZ, A. A Calorimetric Description of the Digestion of Organic Matter in Landfills. Chem. Educator 3, 1–6 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897980268a

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