ENGINEERING STUDIES ON AGRICULTURAL RESIDUALS RECYCLING

Document Type : original papers

Authors

1 Prof. of Agricultural Engineering,, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ.

2 Lecturer Prof. of Agricultural Engineering, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ.

Abstract

This study was carried out in one of compost factories in Sadat city Menoufia Governorate in 2011.These studies aimed basically to making engineering studies on agricultural residuals recycling. These agricultural residuals are:

1-   Fields wastes (shredded rice straw).
2-   Animals wastes (manure)
3-   Food processing wastes, sugar cane factories wastes (press-mud or filter-cake).
After preparing these wastes turning processes has been done on all piles of these wastes in the filed with numbers of frequently turning three times per week, two times per week and one time per week.
Through the composting period the effect of frequently turning on the follower parameters and quantities are measured: composting period, Piles temperatures, Piles moisture content, Piles reducing ratio, Final product and its quality and the end of the experiments an economics studies have been done.

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