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Biofiltration of Ammonia Gas from Composting Using Sawdust as Biofilter Media  

Hong Ji Hyung (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Sunchon National University)
Park Keum Joo (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Sunchon National University)
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Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers / v.45, no.2, 2003 , pp. 107-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
Dairy manure amended with crop and forest residues (moisture 69% wet basis, C/N 22) was composted in a 605 L pilot-scale vessel using continuous air flow (56 L/min) for 19 days. Three pilot-scale sawdust biofilters (moisture 63%, pH 5.0) were built to clean biological waste gas from the composting process. For each methods, two replicated experiments were monitored over a period of three weeks. The system was evaluated to determine the biofilter media depth that would be adequate for compost odour reduction. The compost air cleaning was measured based on ammonia gas concentration before and after passing through the biofilter. Ammonia gas removal efficiency over 3 weeks was 42, 75 and 87% at sawdust biofilter media depth levels of 202, 400 and 600 mm, respectively. Each sawdust biofilter was operated at a moisture content in the range of 60~62% (wb), a temperature from 15 to $25^{\circ}C$, an average pressure drop from 240 to 340 Pa and a detention time from 60 to 180 seconds during the biofiltration process.
Keywords
Biofitration; Ammonia gas; Composting; sawdust;
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