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Effects of Raw Materials and Bulking Agents on the Thermophilic Composting Process

  • Tang, Jing-Chun (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University/Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and EnvironmentalCriteria, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Zhou, Qixing (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University/Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and EnvironmentalCriteria, Ministry of Education) ;
  • Katayama, Arata (EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University)
  • Received : 2009.08.27
  • Accepted : 2009.12.07
  • Published : 2010.05.28
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Abstract

Three typical biological solid wastes, namely, animal manure, garbage, and sewage sludge, were compared with regard to the composting process and the changes in microbial community structure. The effects of different bulking agents such as rice straw, vermiculite, sawdust, and waste paper were compared in manure compost. The differences in the microbial community were characterized by the quinone profile method. The highest mass reduction was found in garbage composting (56.8%), compared with manure and sludge (25% and 20.2%, respectively). A quinone content of $305.2\;{\mu}mol/kg$ was observed in the late stage of garbage composting, although the diversity index of the quinone profile was 9.7, lower than that in manure composting. The predominant quinone species was found to be MK-7, which corresponds to Gram-positive bacteria with a low G+C content, such as Bacillus. The predominance of MK-7 was especially found in the garbage and sludge composting process, and the increase in quinones with partially saturated long side-chains was shown in the late composting process of manure, which corresponded to the proliferation of Actinobacteria. The effects of different bulking agents on the composting process was much smaller than the effects of different raw materials. High organic matter content in the raw materials resulted in a higher microbial biomass and activity, which was connected to the high mass reduction rate.

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