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Application of Electron Beam for Accelerating Composting of Sewage Sludge  

Kang, Ho (Chungnam National University)
Shin, Kyung-Sook (Chungnam National University)
Jeong, Ji-Hyun (Chungnam National University)
Schuchardt, Frank (Institute of Agricultural Technology and Biosystem Engineering)
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Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association / v.18, no.2, 2010 , pp. 62-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
A feasibility test for accelerating composting of sewage sludge irradiated with electron beam(3kGy) was investigated. Dried wood chip and leaves were used as a bulking agent and carbon source, respectively. The test variables included changes in temperature, organics and nutrients, and bioactivities from experimental and control composters. Results indicates that the temperature rose up to $60^{\circ}C$ within 1 day and maintained high temperature above $50^{\circ}C$ for more than 5 days in the irradiated sludge cake composter. It resulted in the fast degradation of organics during the initial 5 days, showing that approximately 70% of total amount of carbon degraded within 20 days was destroyed. It is likely that the composting of electron beam irradiated sludge cake is able to reduce it's maturing period significantly.
Keywords
Electron Beam Irradiation; Composting; Sludge Cake; Bioactivity; Organics; C/N Ratio;
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