Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Advances in Composting and Vermicomposting Technology
- 1st Edition - August 31, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Zengqiang Zhang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 8 7 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 0 4 - 8
Composting and vermicomposting are widely used biological processes for the management of the wastes produced by the communities and agricultural activities, which have experienced… Read more
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Request a sales quoteComposting and vermicomposting are widely used biological processes for the management of the wastes produced by the communities and agricultural activities, which have experienced substantial growth during the last few years. Advances in Composting and Vermicomposting Technology summarizes the most important work conducted during the last few years under one cover. The book includes conventional and recent advancements in composting and vermicompostimg technologies, information regarding mitigation of greenhouse gases emission and resistant genes, and finally recovery of "Value-Added Materials" in the composting sectors. Furthermore it includes models and available upgradation, global case studies, opportunities and challenges (technical constraints, Institutional constraints and social constraints) associated with the composting technology advancement and finally, application of LCA and considerations in economic evaluation of composting technologies and other organic waste treatment strategies.
- First book on the use of composting technology for process development within organic waste recycling and management
- Critically discusses development of industrial composting processes and market demand of compost as cleaner products
- Includes industrial application of cleaner composting technology towards valorization of high value of compost
- Provides recent knowledge on research and applications by integration of sustainable cleaner composting technologies
Professionals, researchers, and graduate students working in the organic waste recycling biotechnology, biochemical and environmental engineering, applied microbiology, and composting technology, etc.
- Cover Image
- Series Editor
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Trends in composting and vermicomposting technologies
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Recent advancement of composting and vermicomposting technologies
- 1.3 Technology improvement; traditional vs modern composting
- 1.4 Effects of earthworms to improve rate of composting and compost quality
- 1.5 Dissipation pathways and mechanism of composting and vermicomposting
- 1.6 Global compost quality assessment in terms of composting and vermicomposting
- 1.7 Research limitations
- 1.8 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 2 Vermicomposting technology for organic waste management
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Global organic waste (OW) production
- 2.3 Organic waste management techniques
- 2.4 Vermicomposting technique
- 2.5 Products of vermicomposting and their uses
- 2.6 Vermicomposting for the management of organic waste
- 2.7 Recommendations and limitations of vermicomposting technology
- 2.8 Conclusion and prospective
- References
- Chapter 3 Innovations in design and operation of aeration devices for composting and vermicomposting
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Composting system regarding aeration devices
- 3.3 Application and limitations of composting and vermicomposting
- 3.4 Conclusions and prospectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 4 Composting system and mature end-products production
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Composting techniques and design of composting facilities
- 4.3 Compost maturity
- 4.4 Improved composting system for mature compost production
- 4.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 5 Modeling and optimization of composting technology
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Principles of modeling of composting technology
- 5.3 Modelling the composting process
- 5.4 Requirements of composting models for prediction of environmental effects
- 5.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 6 Role of bulking agents and additive on composting
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The application of bulking agents and additive in the composting
- 6.1 The role of bulking agent during composting process
- 6.4 The role of additive on composting
- 6.5 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 7 Design principles of sustainable composting and recovery of value from compost
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Function of compost in soil
- 7.3 Factors affecting sustainable composting
- 7.4 Feedstock characteristics
- 7.5 Bulking materials
- 7.6 Composting facilities design
- 7.7 Design specifications
- 7.8 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 8 Role of microbes and microbial dynamics during composting
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Production and characteristics of solid waste
- 8.3 Characterization of solid waste
- 8.4 Pollution hazards, treatment, and management of solid waste
- 8.5 Treatment of solid waste
- 8.6 Utilization of solid waste
- 8.7 Regulatory framework for industrial compost
- 8.8 Microbes involved in composting
- 8.9 Impact of physicochemical parameters on microbial activity
- 8.10 Microbes discharge extracellular proteins during composting
- 8.11 Microbial community succession during composting
- 8.12 Composting accelerating microbial additives
- 8.13 Techniques used in profiling microbial community during composting
- 8.14 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 9 Antibiotic residues and the effects on composting process
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Physicochemical properties and source of antibiotics
- 9.3 Antibiotic residues in solid wastes
- 9.4 The fate of antibiotics during composting
- 9.5 The acute threaten of antibiotic: antibiotic resistance (AR)
- 9.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 10 Challenges and opportunities associated with composting and its end-products application
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 The challenges with composting
- 10.3 The opportunities with composting
- 10.4 The critical aspects of composting process improvement towards a novel clean composting strategy
- 10.5 The benefits of compost land application
- 10.6 Economic feasibility analysis of composting
- 10.7 Challenges for composting vis-à-vis circular bioeconomy
- 10.8 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 11 Life-cycle assessment in composting technology
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Life-cycle environmental consequences
- 11.3 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 12 Economic and quality evaluation of composting technologies
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Composting
- 12.3 History of composting
- 12.4 Process of composting
- 12.5 Composting methods
- 12.6 Microbiology of composting
- 12.7 Factors affecting composting
- 12.8 Compost evaluation
- 12.9 Problems associated with commercialization
- 12.10 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 13 Business models of composting for a circular economy
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Composting and circular business practices in Spain
- 13.3 Composting and circular business practices in Romania
- 13.4 Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 14 Enabling environment sanitation and financing by composting technologies
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Sanitary problems of conventional composting
- 14.3 Necessary conditions for the development of sanitary composting
- 14.4 Innovative approaches for promoting the environmental sanitation of composting in different countries
- 14.5 Outlook of the future development of environmental sanitation for composting
- 14.6 Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 31, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 388
- No. of pages (eBook): 388
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323918749
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985048
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Ashok Pandey
Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow, IndiaMA
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Awasthi has done his Ph.D. on the topic “Viscous Correction for the Potential Flow Analysis of Capillary and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability”. He is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Dr. Awasthi is specialized in the mathematical modeling of flow problems. He has taught courses of Fluid Mechanics, Discrete Mathematics, Partial differential equations, Abstract Algebra, Mathematical Methods, and Measure theory to postgraduate students. He has acquired excellent knowledge in the mathematical modeling of flow problems and he can solve these problems analytically as well as numerically. He has a good grasp of the subjects like viscous potential flow, electro-hydrodynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics, heat, and mass transfer. He has excellent communication skills and leadership qualities. He is self-motivated and responds to suggestions in a more convincing manner. Dr. Awasthi has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted on all India level in the year 2008 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and got Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for doing research. He has published 125 plus research publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) in Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals and conferences. Also, he has published 14 books. He has attended many symposia, workshops, and conferences in mathematics as well as fluid mechanics. He has got the “Research Awards” consecutively four times from 2013-2016 by the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He has also received the start-up research fund for his project “Nonlinear study of the interface in multilayer fluid system” from UGC, New Delhi. He is also listed in the top 2% influential researchers in the World prepared by Stanford University based on Scopus data in the years 2022 and 2023. His Orcid is 0000-0002-6706-5226, Google Scholar web link is https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Dj3ktGAAAAAJ and research gate web link ishttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mukesh-Awasthi-2.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Mathematics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, IndiaZZ
Zengqiang Zhang
Prof. Zengqiang Zhang is one of the leading personalities in the field of Environmental Science and Technology. His major research interests are in the areas of environmental microbiology, organic waste composting, bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil, waste water treatment and nutrient recovery and mitigation of greenhouse gases emission during the organic waste composting etc. which include 2 books, 12 technical reports, 25 chapters in the books, more than 300 original and review papers and 150 research communications in international and national conferences
Affiliations and expertise
College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Republic of ChinaRead Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering on ScienceDirect