Effect of enforced aeration on in-vessel food waste composting.
Environ Technol
; 22(10): 1177-82, 2001 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11766039
ABSTRACT
A laboratory composting was conducted to determine the effect of the continuously enforced aeration on the composting performance. The mixture of dog food, excess sludge, and woodchip was used as raw composting materials. The temperature changes in the decomposition process, and pH, weight loss, ash, and extract composition from the final product after 17 days composting were investigated. The results demonstrated that flow rate of enforced aeration indeed influenced the composting performance. Composting under 0.05-0.1 1 min(-1) condition seemed better than that under 0.2-0.41 min(-1) condition. Higher flow rate of air not only cooled the composting mixture significantly, further adversely affected temperature rise, but also evaporated moisture mostly. Thermophilic composting can occur under 0.05-0.11 min(-1) air flow rate condition, while composting in cases of 0.2-0.4 l min(-1) air flow rate mainly resulted in a mesophilic process. Microbial activity was considered to be significantly inhibited at 0.4 1 min(-1) air flow rate condition based on the analyses of total organic carbon and volatile fatty acids from water extraction of composting products.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Refuse Disposal
/
Conservation of Natural Resources
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Food
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Technol
Journal subject:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan