ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF WINDROW COMPOSTING PLANTVISHAL SHARMAAbstract The present study was a pilot project initiated in Chandigarh to discuss the adept schemes for successful co-composting of green waste and kitchen waste (food & fruit waste), its designing aspects, composting area sizing,capital and operational cost. In particular, the process design components such as solid wastes recovery, segregation, compost stabilization, curing and storing were analyzed for the treatment of campus municipal solid waste calculated as 0.48 m3/day garden waste, 0.13 m3/day food waste and 0.05 m3/day fruit and vegetable waste. The present study was pioneer attempt to accurate the design and its study results to the development of a prototype of composting facility to achieve carbon foot print benefits and sustainable zero waste future. |