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.
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)