Sources

Good Sources

• http://www.compostpower.org/sites/default/files/Design%20Guide%203.pdf

    - Describes process of constructing the compost heating system.

• http://compost.css.cornell.edu/science.html

     - Goes over many engineering aspects of compost heating system.


Scholarly Articles 

• http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijce/2010/627930/abs/

        - Energy from waste: Reuse of compost heat as a source of renewable energy

• http://aem.asm.org/content/41/6/1321.full.pdf+html

        - Composting process control based on intersection between microbial heat output and temp.

• http://www.nswaienvis.nic.in/Waste_Portal/Research_papers/pdf/A_survey_of_bacteria_and_fungi_during_composting.pdf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   - Survery of bacteria and fungi occurring during composting and self-heating processes.

• Irvine, G., E. R. Lamont, and B. Antizar-Ladislao. "Energy from Waste: Reuse of Compost Heat as a Source of Renewable Energy." International Journal of Chemical Engineering 2010 (2010): 1-10. Proquest. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               - * Talks about heat exchange calculations. Investigation of the potential for the collection and      reuse of compost head as a source of renewable energy. Cost analyzed among other                  sustainable technologies to evaluate efficiency. 

• Insam, Heribert. "Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Community Succession during Prolonged Compost Curing. FEMS Microbiol Ecol." ResearchGate. N.p., 04 June 2008. Web. 02 Nov. 2015. <http://www.researchgate.net/publication/5319395_Molecular_analysis_of_bacterial_community_succession_during_prolonged_compost_curing._FEMS_Microbiol_Ecol>.

         - * Microbiology of composting