Experimental Study and Performance Analysis of Composting System for Solid Organic Waste

The increased moisture content of organic waste leads to leachate generation. Municipal organic wastes, such as vegetable waste, include significant levels of moisture (88 to 94 percent), causing them to be detrimental to the environment. To treat such organic waste, the composting process is utilized. This research focuses mostly on the physics of composting when vegetable waste is combined with inoculants and bulking agents. This research demonstrated the discovery of thermophilic phases at various temperatures. The highest temperature increase reported during operation is 79 degrees Celsius. During the composting process, the ambient temperature and vegetable waste temperature were determined to be 40 °C and 79 °C, respectively. Composting food waste mixed with various bulking agents (wheat straw, hay, and wood shavings) yields a final heat output of 4,644 kcal per kilogramme of vegetable waste.