| Peer-Reviewed

Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System

Received: 5 April 2015     Accepted: 17 April 2015     Published: 27 April 2015
Views:       Downloads:
Abstract

Physicochemical determinants parameters were analyzed in different stages of organic matter decomposition, using various chemical and biological treatments: Manure, Legumes, Mineral solution, and Vermicompost. Specifically, we studied the importance of decisive physicochemical parameters for obtaining an improved composting system. To do this, were used different techniques, such a C/N ratio, pH, organic matter content, atomic absorption to determining concentration of several mineral, ashes quantification for moisture content and temperature measurement. The vermicompost was the most effective treatment for decomposition of matter, achieving speed up the composting process just 35 days, accounting for 5 months the minimum estimated time to have a complete degradation using a conventional composting system, this represents a decrease of 23.3%, values obtained mainly from C/N ratio were close to 25:1 (25%), a final pH of 8.2, a percent of organic matter lower than 48%, and a concentration of minerals and heavy metals within the norm.

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13
Page(s) 80-85
Creative Commons

This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

Copyright

Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Organic Matter, Mineral Solution, C/N ratio, Vermicompost, Manure, Organic Fertilizer, Conventional System

References
[1] Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Base de datos estadísticos del SNIARN (Badesniarn) 2011.
[2] Amador-Hernández J, Enríquez A, Velázquez-Manzanares M & Anaya G E, Seguimiento en tiempo real de la degradación de compuestos orgánicos mediante procesos fotocatalíticos heterogéneos con TiO2, Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química, 10 (2011) 471-486.
[3] Rodríguez M & Córdova A, Manual de Compostaje municpal: Gestión Ambiental y Manejo Sustentable de los Recursos Naturales 2008, 14-16.
[4] Ariz I, Asencio A, Zamarreño A, García-Mina J, Aparicio-Tejo P & Moran J, Changes in the C/N balance caused by increasing external ammonium concentrations are driven by carbon and energy availabilities during ammonium nutrition in pea plants: The key roles of asparagine synthetase and anaplerotic enzymes, Physiologia Plantarum, 10 (2012) 12-16.
[5] Mustin M, Le Compost, Gestion de la Matière organique (Editions Francois DUBUSC, Paris) 1987, 954.
[6] Rykn R, On-farm composting handbook, Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (New York) 1992, 184-186.
[7] Soto G & Muñoz C, Consideraciones teóricas y prácticas sobre el compost, y su empleo en la agricultura., Revista de Manejo Integral de Plagas y Agroecología, 65 (2002) 123-129.
[8] Vásquez de Díaz M C, Prada P P A & Mondragón M A, Optimización del proceso de compostaje de productos post-cosecha (cereza) del café con la aplicación de microorganismos nativos, Publicación Científica en Ciencias Biomédicas, 14 (2010) 216-218.
[9] Robles-Martínez F, Nieto-Monteros D A, Picasso-Muñoz D, Macías-Hernández M & Osorio-Mirón A, Efecto de las Dimensiones de las Pilas en el Desarrollo de la Fase Termofílica en un Proceso de Composteo, in 5º Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos, 2013.
[10] Espinoza-Valdemar R M, Sotelo-Navarro P X, Beltrán-Villavicencio M & Vázquez-Morillas A, Evaluación de la Degradación de Pañales Desechables usados Mediante Composteo en Biorreactores Aerobios, in 5º Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos, 2013.
[11] Meneses G, De La Rosa P & Monroy J L, Caracterización de humus de lombriz. Disertación por parte del Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Químicas a través del Laboratorio de Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Iberoamericana, 2012.
[12] Paul E A & Clark, F E, Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, 2nd ed. (Academic Press, New York) 1996, 340-349.
[13] Soto G, Abonos orgánicos: producción y uso de compost. Disertación por parte de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, 2001.
Cite This Article
  • APA Style

    Edson Edain González-Arredondo, Juan Carlos González-Hernández, Jorge Rodríguez-López, Christian Omar Martínez-Cámara. (2015). Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System. American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 3(3), 80-85. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13

    Copy | Download

    ACS Style

    Edson Edain González-Arredondo; Juan Carlos González-Hernández; Jorge Rodríguez-López; Christian Omar Martínez-Cámara. Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System. Am. J. Agric. For. 2015, 3(3), 80-85. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13

    Copy | Download

    AMA Style

    Edson Edain González-Arredondo, Juan Carlos González-Hernández, Jorge Rodríguez-López, Christian Omar Martínez-Cámara. Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System. Am J Agric For. 2015;3(3):80-85. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13

    Copy | Download

  • @article{10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13,
      author = {Edson Edain González-Arredondo and Juan Carlos González-Hernández and Jorge Rodríguez-López and Christian Omar Martínez-Cámara},
      title = {Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System},
      journal = {American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry},
      volume = {3},
      number = {3},
      pages = {80-85},
      doi = {10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13},
      eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ajaf.20150303.13},
      abstract = {Physicochemical determinants parameters were analyzed in different stages of organic matter decomposition, using various chemical and biological treatments: Manure, Legumes, Mineral solution, and Vermicompost. Specifically, we studied the importance of decisive physicochemical parameters for obtaining an improved composting system. To do this, were used different techniques, such a C/N ratio, pH, organic matter content, atomic absorption to determining concentration of several mineral, ashes quantification for moisture content and temperature measurement. The vermicompost was the most effective treatment for decomposition of matter, achieving speed up the composting process just 35 days, accounting for 5 months the minimum estimated time to have a complete degradation using a conventional composting system, this represents a decrease of 23.3%, values obtained mainly from C/N ratio were close to 25:1 (25%), a final pH of 8.2, a percent of organic matter lower than 48%, and a concentration of minerals and heavy metals within the norm.},
     year = {2015}
    }
    

    Copy | Download

  • TY  - JOUR
    T1  - Physiochemical Parameters Analysis to Get an Upgraded Composting System
    AU  - Edson Edain González-Arredondo
    AU  - Juan Carlos González-Hernández
    AU  - Jorge Rodríguez-López
    AU  - Christian Omar Martínez-Cámara
    Y1  - 2015/04/27
    PY  - 2015
    N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13
    DO  - 10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13
    T2  - American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
    JF  - American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
    JO  - American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
    SP  - 80
    EP  - 85
    PB  - Science Publishing Group
    SN  - 2330-8591
    UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20150303.13
    AB  - Physicochemical determinants parameters were analyzed in different stages of organic matter decomposition, using various chemical and biological treatments: Manure, Legumes, Mineral solution, and Vermicompost. Specifically, we studied the importance of decisive physicochemical parameters for obtaining an improved composting system. To do this, were used different techniques, such a C/N ratio, pH, organic matter content, atomic absorption to determining concentration of several mineral, ashes quantification for moisture content and temperature measurement. The vermicompost was the most effective treatment for decomposition of matter, achieving speed up the composting process just 35 days, accounting for 5 months the minimum estimated time to have a complete degradation using a conventional composting system, this represents a decrease of 23.3%, values obtained mainly from C/N ratio were close to 25:1 (25%), a final pH of 8.2, a percent of organic matter lower than 48%, and a concentration of minerals and heavy metals within the norm.
    VL  - 3
    IS  - 3
    ER  - 

    Copy | Download

Author Information
  • Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Technological Institute of Morelia, Lomas de Santiaguito, Morelia, Mexico

  • Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Technological Institute of Morelia, Lomas de Santiaguito, Morelia, Mexico

  • Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Technological Institute of Morelia, Lomas de Santiaguito, Morelia, Mexico

  • Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Technological Institute of Morelia, Lomas de Santiaguito, Morelia, Mexico

  • Sections