Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue -, Pages 107-116Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.046
Keywords
Composting; Kinetic model; Municipal solid waste; Poultry manure; Numerical methods
Funding
- Federal Ministry of Education and Science of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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This study aimed to monitor the process parameters and to determine kinetics in composting of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and poultry manure. The experiments were carried out with three different mixtures. The results showed that the mixture 60% OFMSW, 20% poultry manure, 10% mature compost and 10% sawdust provided the most appropriate conditions for composting process. Using nine kinetic models and nonlinear regression method, kinetic parameters were estimated and the models were analyzed with four statistical indicators. Kinetic models with four measured variables proved to be better than models with less number of measured variables. The number of measured experimental variables influences kinetics more than the number of kinetic parameters. Satisfactory fittings of proposed kinetic model to the experimental data of OM were achieved. The model is more suitable for data obtained from composting of mixtures with much higher percentage of OFMSW than percentage of poultry manure. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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