Title:
Experimental Investigation of Production of High Quality Compost from Agricultural Residues
Author(s):
Soutzoukis, D., Papadakis, V.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The present paper presents the study of the conversion of certain organic materials into an organic fertilizer through the process of composting within specific plastic composters. Two different composting experiments were carried out with different materials in each bucket and in different time periods. These experiments were conducted in order to record the levels of temperature, oxygen and humidity inside compost plastic buckets. In the first experiment the four plastic buckets were filled with grass, tree lops and a mixture of lopping and grass of different proportions. In the second, the first bucket was filled with grape dregs, the second with a combination of grape dregs and pine needles, the third with a mixture of seaweed and grape dregs, and the fourth grape dregs with grape stalks. Furthermore, during the experiments the percentage of nitrogen, available phosphorous, potassium and sodium were recorded. Also, measurements of the total organic carbon (TOC), as well as organic matter (OM), were recorded. Those measurements lead to the definition of C/N ratio which is the most important factor of the quality of the final products. This paper examines the exploitation of the surplus of the enormous lopping and grass quantities which are gathered each year.
Keywords:
agricultural residues, composting, waste, bacteria
Topic:
Biomass resources
Subtopic:
Biomass feedstock, residues and by-products
Event:
21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.1.6
Pages:
227 - 229
ISBN:
978-88-89407-53-0
Paper DOI:
10.5071/21stEUBCE2013-1BV.1.6
Price:
FREE
