FAC.216-Minimizing Energy Inputs for Compost Manufacturing-AC22.USCC

The cost of energy inputs in the form or diesel and electricity are significant factors in the overall cost of operating a composting facility.   Finding strategies that minimize those inputs will reduce operating expenses as well as emissions of CO2 equivalents.  The primary areas of energy use once the feedstocks are delivered to the facility… Continue reading FAC.216-Minimizing Energy Inputs for Compost Manufacturing-AC22.USCC

FAC.311-The Application of Laboratory Aeration Demand Testing to Facility Design-AC22.CREF

The efficiency with which aerobic bacteria consume oxygen and convert organic matter (OM) to CO2 is the primary measure of composting stabilization rates and a determining factor in air emissions.  Process conditions (primarily temperature and oxygen) and feedstock characteristics determine the efficiency of this process.  Researchers, such as McCartney, Sundberg, and others, have used highly… Continue reading FAC.311-The Application of Laboratory Aeration Demand Testing to Facility Design-AC22.CREF