TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of airflow on biodrying of gardening wastes in reactors
AU - Colomer-Mendoza, F. J.
AU - Herrera-Prats, L.
AU - Robles-Martínez, F.
AU - Gallardo-Izquierdo, A.
AU - Piña-Guzmán, A. B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for funding for this study (Project ACI2009-0993) in the program “Convocatoria de Ayudas del Programa Nacional de Internacionalización de la I+D. Subprograma de Fomento de la Cooperación Científica Internacional (ACI-PROMOCIONA)” (“Call for Aid National Programme Internationalization of R&D. Sub-Building International Scientific Cooperation”).
PY - 2013/5/1
Y1 - 2013/5/1
N2 - Biodrying consists of reducing moisture by using the heat from aerobic bio-degradation. The parameters that control the process are: aeration, temperature during the process, initial moisture of biowaste, and temperature and relative humidity of the input air. Lawn mowing and garden waste from the gardens of the University Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) were used as a substrate. Biodrying was performed in 10 reactors with known air volumes from 0.88 to 6.42 L/(min·kg dry weight). To promote aeration, 5 of the reactors had 15% of a bulking agent added. The experiment lasted 20 days. After the experiments it was found that the bulking agent led to greater weight loss. However, the increased airflow rate was not linearly proportional to the weight loss.
AB - Biodrying consists of reducing moisture by using the heat from aerobic bio-degradation. The parameters that control the process are: aeration, temperature during the process, initial moisture of biowaste, and temperature and relative humidity of the input air. Lawn mowing and garden waste from the gardens of the University Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) were used as a substrate. Biodrying was performed in 10 reactors with known air volumes from 0.88 to 6.42 L/(min·kg dry weight). To promote aeration, 5 of the reactors had 15% of a bulking agent added. The experiment lasted 20 days. After the experiments it was found that the bulking agent led to greater weight loss. However, the increased airflow rate was not linearly proportional to the weight loss.
KW - Aerobic fermentation
KW - Biodrying
KW - Biowaste
KW - Bulking agent
KW - Stabilization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877835577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60123-5
DO - 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60123-5
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1001-0742
VL - 25
SP - 865
EP - 872
JO - Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
JF - Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
IS - 5
ER -