Open composting biofilter
AssigneeSan Diego State University Research Foundation
InventorFatih Buyuksonmez
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Abstract
The present invention relates to control of volatile emissions from a pile of composting organic material. Specifically, the present invention relates to covering the composting pile with a blanketing layer of finished compost material. The invention further relates to mixing finished compost with composting material either by itself or mixing the blanketing layer into the composting material during aeration. The invention also discloses adding additional blanketing layers of finished compost as previous layers are mixed into the composting material during aeration.
Claims12
A method for reducing the volatile emissions from a pile of composting organic material comprising, covering the composting pile with a blanket layer of finished compost.
A method for reducing the volatile emissions from a pile of composting organic material comprising adding a sufficient amount of finished compost to the pile to reduce the volatile emissions from the pile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.