Drum Composting Articles
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Composting Articles
Organic materials have been composted since there was organic matter to compost. It is nothing new. However, it still can be challenging to compost properly. That is, to produce something that is safe and useful as a soil amendment. This is what we were trying to achieve when we designed the Actium Compost Drums. They can accomplish this relatively easily. with a minimum amount of labour. ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Design
Our Ideal Design The Actium Batch Compost Drum has become an essential tool for Fort Albany First Nation’s community garden. This article details why Fort Albany First Nation needed a composter and why the design of the Actium Batch Compost Drum suited our needs. Why was a composter needed in a remote subarctic community? Fort Albany First Nation (also known as Peetabeck) is a remote and ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Moisture
Regulating Compost Moisture during Hot Composting Hot composting is most effective at decomposing organic waste when moisture levels are approximately 50%. A compost with excessive moisture will cause Low temperatures that are below 40°C (104°F); smells foul; and/or brown liquid to be visible or easily freed when squeezing compost. Excessive moisture while composting does not ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Inputs
Greens and Browns: Composting Input Management Actium Composting equipment allows for environmentally sustainable disposal and reuse of organic materials in the form of compost. The program I work with invested in an Actium Batch Composter Drum, to primarily create local fertilizer for subarctic community gardens located in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario, Canada. As a secondary benefit, the ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Operations
The Actium compost drums are used in a variety of climates. In the tropical and subtropical climates, the composter is used year-round. In temperate climates, the Actium Batch Compost Drum can be used year-round because the drum is insulated. However, the decaying process can be slowed where winter temperatures are below freezing for a prolonged period. There are two approaches to maintain hot ...
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What are the supporting equipment of granular organic fertilizer production line?
The granular organic fertilizer production line includes automatic conveyor, trough compost turning machine, drum screening machine, vertical pulverizer, extrusion granulator, cooler and automatic packaging machine. 1. Automatic conveyor: belt transmission, automatic feeding, prevent wall sticking; 2. Trough type compost turning machine: aerobic fermentation, multi-purpose, crushing materials; 3. ...
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Huaqiang heavy industry new type stirring teeth organic fertilizer granulation machine
Our company developed and produced the churning tooth organic fertilizer granulation machine is based on the manufacturing principle and technology of the stirring gear granulator and the rotary drum granulator. It is elaborately developed and tested repeatedly. The organic fertilizer granulation machine can keep bacteria at normal temperature and has reasonable structure design. It can produce ...
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Installation and commissioning of high yield organic fertilizer granulating machine
The qualified granulation rate of high-yield organic fertilizer granulation machine is as high as 80-90%. It can adapt to a variety of different formulations. The compressive strength of organic fertilizer is higher than that of disc and rotary drum granulator, and the large ball rate is less than 15%. The particle size uniformity can be adjusted by the stepless speed regulation function of the ...
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What are the types of granulators in NPK fertilizer production line?
NPK fertilizer production line equipment flow is raw material batching machine → mixing machine → pulverizer → fertilizer granulator machine → particle dryer → particle cooler → finished product granule coating machine → finished product quantitative packaging machine. From the main equipment, the production of compound fertilizer equipment mainly includes ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Materials
Determining and sourcing organic materials for Composting Along with having the right composter for the task, the Fort Albany First Nation (FAFN) community needed to determine what organic materials would be added to the Actium Batch Compost Drum and where we could obtain these materials. There are two types of organic materials we wanted to hot compost – “greens” (C:N 30). ...
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Biosorption of Pb(II) by Bacillus badius AK strain originating from rotary drum compost of water hyacinth
The presence of heavy metals in the environment due to industrial activities is of serious concern because of their toxic behaviour towards humans and other forms of life. Biosorption of Pb(II) using dry bacterial biomass of Bacillus badius AK, previously isolated from water hyacinth compost, has been undertaken in batch system. The optimum conditions of biosorption were determined by ...
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Process parameters analysis for the vermicomposting of shredded paper using Pheretimoid Spp.
This study was to assess the effect of new species of earthworms, Pheretimoid Spp., on vermicomposting and compare the quality of vermicompost against compost produced from the same mix ratio of shredded office paper (SOP) together with grass clippings (GC) and cow manure (CM). Two composting experiments were setup in rotary drum composters namely: 1) composting of SOP, GC and CM followed by ...
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Effects of C/N ratio on mixed organic waste composting in a rotary drum composter
Effects of Carbon to Nitrogen (C/N) ratio on the rotary drum composting of organic waste were examined by measuring changes in various parameters. It was observed that time courses of four C/N ratios: 16, 22, 30 and 38 were different. Initial C/N ratio 22 produced high-quality compost (total nitrogen-2.1%, total phosphorus-4.3 g/kg) within 20 days. While in case of C/N 16, compost yields 1.8% ...
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Rotary drum composting of different organic waste mixtures
The effects of three different mixtures of organic waste on composting in a rotary drum were examined by measuring changes in physico-chemical and biological parameters. It was observed that the time courses of the three mixtures: run A (grass cuttings, vegetable waste and food waste), run B (cattle manure, vegetable waste and sawdust) and run C (cattle manure, food waste, vegetable waste, paper ...
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Mixed organic waste composting using rotary drum composter
A combination of vegetable waste, cattle manure and saw dust was utilised for high rate composting in a household rotary drum composter. It was found that temperature remained above 55?C for a period of two days, Faecal Coliforms and Faecal Streptococci decrease from 7.5 ? 108 to 5 ? 102 and 1.5 ? 107 to 5 ? 103 bacteria/g, respectively. Negligible VFAs production indicated full aerobic ...
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Occupational hygiene at a drum composting plant in Hyvinkää, Finland
Refuse disposal and treatment must be safe for employees. Organic dust of waste origin, perhaps containing microbes, may be harmful to health. Microbes, especially fungi but also thermophilic Actinomycetes bacteria, may cause allergy and asthma (Terho et al. 1993; Madigan et al. 1997). Usually fungi cause hypersensitivity (Madigan et al. 1997) and the most common syndrome is allergic rhinitis ...
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