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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2019.28.6.604

Nutritional Properties by Composting Process of Algae Biomass as Soil Conditioner  

Ahn, Chang-Hyuk (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Lee, Saeromi (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Park, Jae-Roh (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.28, no.6, 2019 , pp. 604-615 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we produce a new type of the algae soil conditioner(ASC) using discarded algae biomass through a composting process and evaluate its nutritional characteristics. As the main ingredient, the ASCs used algae biomass collected through the coagulation-floating method and made by adding a variety of additional supporting materials (sawdust, pearlite, oilcake etc.). ASCs were divided into 0% in blank, 11.7% in ASC1, 21.6% in ASC2, 37.6% in ASC3, 59.5% in ASC4, and composted during 127 days. ASCs showed a sharp increase in temperature by aerobic microbial reaction, and 6~7 high and low temperature peaks were observed. As a result of physicochemical analysis, mineralization proceeded according to decomposing the organic matter and there was a marked increase not only in macronutrients (TN, P2O5, K2O), but also in secondary macronutrients (CaO, MgO). The microbial community change was found in stage 1 (bacteria, filamentous fungi) → stage 2 (actinomycetes, bacteria) → stage 3 (Bacillus sp.), depending on the maturation process. It was estimated that microbial transition was closely related to temperature change and nutritional behavior. The quality of soil conditioner can be determined according to the maturity of compost process, and it was determined that effective microbial activity could be induced by controlling algae biomass below 59.5% in this study. In conclusion, we found out the possibility of manufacturing and utilizing soil conditioner recycled algae biomass and if further technological development is made on the basis it can be used as an effective soil conditioner.
Keywords
Algae soil conditioner (ASC); algae biomass; composting process; nutritional ingredients; microorganism;
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