Monthly Archives: November 2013

Mathematical Modeling of Food Waste Generation and Urban Ecology in NYC

Mass Balance

A mass balance, also called a material balance, is an application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems. By accounting for material entering and leaving a system, mass flows can be identified which might have been unknown, … Continue reading →

Rate equation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The rate law or rate equation for a chemical reaction is an equation that links the reaction rate with concentrations or pressures of reactants and constant parameters (normally rate coefficients and partial reaction … Continue reading →

Summary of Decomposition Rate literature review Related articles from science direct : MODELING OF VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS DEGRADATION KINETICS AND EVALUATION OF MICROORGANISM ACTIVITY High-rate slurry-phase decomposition of food wastes: indirect performance estimation from dissolved oxygen Treatment of food wastes … Continue reading →

Today’s to do list: Literature review for Decomposition Rate of food waste on the street. Let’s go to sciencedirect and check papers on food decomposition rate (fruits, dog food, vegetables). ——————- Notes: + Open environment (trash cans, bins): it’s easy … Continue reading →