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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Waste Management
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Small-scale composting research often lacks organic matter transformation analysis.
  • Fixed temperature control in small reactors creates artificial conditions, limiting reproducibility.
  • Assessing composting performance requires devices that allow self-heating and mimic natural processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design an innovative small-scale composting device that enables self-heating.
  • To evaluate the performance and reproducibility of composting in small-scale pilots using the new device.
  • To analyze the biochemical transformations of organic matter during small-scale composting.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized six 4-l reactors for composting a sewage sludge and green waste mixture.
  • Monitored temperature, oxygen consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions.
  • Characterized biochemical evolution of organic matter, including hot water soluble, hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin fractions.

Main Results:

  • Achieved good reproducibility with coefficients of variation generally below 19%.
  • Observed spontaneous thermophilic phases due to intense self-heating in all reactors.
  • Reported an average total organic matter (TOM) loss of 46%, with significant reductions in soluble and hemicellulose fractions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed small-scale device effectively replicates large-scale composting performance regarding TOM loss and compost stabilization.
  • The device demonstrates high reproducibility, making it suitable for research on waste mass reduction.
  • Lignin degradation was less pronounced than in full-scale systems, indicating a potential area for further investigation.