TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of thermophilic fungal consortium for organic municipal solid waste composting
AU - Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar
AU - Pandey, Akhilesh Kumar
AU - Khan, Jamaluddin
AU - Bundela, Pushpendra Singh
AU - WONG, Jonathan W C
AU - Selvam, Ammaiyappan
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Influence of fungal consortium and different turning frequency on composting of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) was investigated to produce compost with higher agronomic value. Four piles of OFMSW were prepared: three piles were inoculated with fungal consortium containing 5. l each spore suspensions of Trichoderma viride, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus and with a turning frequency of weekly (Pile 1), twice a week (Pile 2) and daily (Pile 3), while Pile 4 with weekly turning and without fungal inoculation served as control. The fungal consortium with weekly (Pile 1) turning frequency significantly affected temperature, pH, TOC, TKN, C/N ratio and germination index. High degradation of organic matter and early maturity was observed in Pile 1. Results indicate that fungal consortium with weekly turning frequency of open windrows were more cost-effective in comparison with other technologies for efficient composting and yield safe end products.
AB - Influence of fungal consortium and different turning frequency on composting of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) was investigated to produce compost with higher agronomic value. Four piles of OFMSW were prepared: three piles were inoculated with fungal consortium containing 5. l each spore suspensions of Trichoderma viride, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus and with a turning frequency of weekly (Pile 1), twice a week (Pile 2) and daily (Pile 3), while Pile 4 with weekly turning and without fungal inoculation served as control. The fungal consortium with weekly (Pile 1) turning frequency significantly affected temperature, pH, TOC, TKN, C/N ratio and germination index. High degradation of organic matter and early maturity was observed in Pile 1. Results indicate that fungal consortium with weekly turning frequency of open windrows were more cost-effective in comparison with other technologies for efficient composting and yield safe end products.
KW - Composting
KW - Fungal consortium
KW - Inoculation
KW - Organic fraction of municipal solid waste
KW - Turning frequency
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.048
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.048
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24507579
AN - SCOPUS:84904992101
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 168
SP - 214
EP - 221
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -
