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In‐vessel composting under air pressure of organic fraction of municipal solid waste in A zemmour, M orocco
Author(s) -
Makan A.,
Assobhei O.,
Mountadar M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12054
Subject(s) - compost , municipal solid waste , bioreactor , fraction (chemistry) , environmental science , mechanical biological treatment , waste management , biodegradable waste , maturity (psychological) , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , engineering , chromatography , waste collection , organic chemistry , psychology , developmental psychology
This study aims to evaluate the performance of laboratory‐scale in‐vessel composting bioreactor for the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste treatment in A zemmour, M orocco. The bioreactor was specially designed and used for this study, and it was operated semicontinuously under 0.6 bar pressure. The evaluations studied included the operational indices, the compost maturity indices and the quality of the final compost. Obtained results showed that organic fraction of municipal solid waste could be composted successfully in 12 days. Moreover, high CO 2 generations involve high temperature and high internal air pressure change, revealing vigorous microbial activity. The final compost was satisfactory for its agricultural application.