| Title: | Removal of volatile organic compounds by natural materials during composting of poultry litter |
| Author(s): | Turan NG; Akdemir A; Ergun ON; |
| Address: | "Department of Environmental Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. gturan@omu.edu.tr" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.07.010 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-2976 (Electronic) 0960-8524 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The objective of this study was to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced during composting of poultry litter. The natural zeolite, expanded perlite, pumice and expanded vermiculite as the natural materials were used for the reducing of VOCs. Composting was performed in a laboratory scale in-vessel composting plant. Poultry litter was composted for 100 d with volumetric ratio of natural materials:poultry litter of 1:10. The VOCs were tested using the FT-IR method by VOCs analyzer. Studies showed that VOCs generation was the greatest in the control treatment without any natural materials. The natural materials significantly reduced VOCs. At the end of the processes, removal efficiency was 79.73% for NZ treatment, 54.59% for EP treatment, 88.22% for P treatment and 61.53% for EV treatment. Potential of removal for VOCs on poultry litter matrix using natural materials was in order of: P>NZ>EV>EP" |
| Keywords: | Aluminum Oxide/*chemistry Aluminum Silicates/*chemistry Animals Manure/*analysis *Poultry Silicates/*chemistry Silicon Dioxide/*chemistry Soil/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/chemistry/*isolation & purification Zeolites/*chemistry; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTuran, N G Akdemir, A Ergun, O N eng England 2008/08/30 Bioresour Technol. 2009 Jan; 100(2):798-803. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.07.010. Epub 2008 Aug 26" |
