Amendment Selection and Process Monitoring for Soil Composting

Abstract

The U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) has conducted field-scale demonstrations of composting technologies to treat explosives contaminated soils at the Umatilla Depot Activity (UMDA) in Hermiston Oregon. Development of compesting for contaminated soils requires careful mixing of the soils with organic amendments of high enough respiration potential to support the development of thermophilic compesting conditions. Amendment mixtures evaluated included several types of manures, food wastes and wood products. Bench-scale testing optimized mixtures based on porosity and thermophilic heating potential. Site-specific amendment testing and mixture formation was used to complement this process. This report presents the amendment selection methodology used for the UDMA demonstration projects. In addition, the results of compost process monitoring for factors which affect the compost operation are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA630067

Entities

People

  • Eric Evans
  • Marg L. Droffner
  • William F. Brinton

Organizations

  • Weston Solutions (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Biodegradation
  • Contamination
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Environment
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Fungi
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Moisture Content
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Vegetables
  • Waste Management
  • Waste Products

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design