| Title: | Biochar reduces volatile organic compounds generated during chicken manure composting |
| Author(s): | Sanchez-Monedero MA; Sanchez-Garcia M; Alburquerque JA; Cayuela ML; |
| Address: | "Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 4195, 30080 Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: monedero@cebas.csic.es. Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic Waste Management, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 4195, 30080 Murcia, Spain" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121584 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-2976 (Electronic) 0960-8524 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The efficiency of biochar for reducing the levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC) was investigated in a composting mixture containing 90% poultry manure and 10% straw (with and without 3% biochar addition) at three different stages of the process. The use of a low application rate of biochar reduced the concentration of VOC during the thermophilic phase. Biochar significantly reduced the levels of nitrogen volatile compounds, which are the most abundant VOC family, originated from microbial transformation of the N-compounds originally present in manure. The most efficient VOC reduction was observed in oxygenated volatile compounds (ketones, phenols and organic acids), which are intermediates of organic matter degradation, whereas there was no effect on other VOC families (aliphatic, aromatic and terpenes). These results suggest the importance of not only the sorption capacity of biochar but also its impact in the composting progress as main drivers for VOC reduction" |
| Keywords: | Animals Charcoal Chickens *Composting Manure Nitrogen Soil *Volatile Organic Compounds Health risk Methoxyphenyloxime Pollutants Spme Voc Volatilisation; |
| Notes: | "MedlineSanchez-Monedero, M A Sanchez-Garcia, M Alburquerque, J A Cayuela, M L eng England 2019/06/11 Bioresour Technol. 2019 Sep; 288:121584. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121584. Epub 2019 May 31" |
