The City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, funded a centralized municipal composting pilot project based on recommendations from two studies (Gartner Lee Ltd., 2007; Ripley and Mackenzie, 2008). This study formed part of the pilot project and was designed to determine how passively-aerated static piles perform compared to turned windrows. The two systems were compared primarily through results obtained by monitoring surface and internal temperatures of two passively-aerated static piles and one control turned windrow. Feedstock materials consisted of non-shredded source-separated food waste, boxboard, mixed paper, and some yard waste. Results showed that passively-aerated static piles performed worse than turned windrows, likely as a result of poor structure, which led to compaction, and the use of non-shredded feedstock material. Performance of the control turned windrow and similarly managed windrows were also assessed and provide information for the optimization of centralized composting in the City of Yellowknife.
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机译:加拿大西北地区的耶洛奈夫市(NWT)根据两项研究的建议,资助了一个集中式市政堆肥试验项目(Gartner Lee Ltd.,2007; Ripley和Mackenzie,2008)。这项研究是试点项目的一部分,旨在确定与转弯的草堆相比,被动充气的静态桩的性能如何。比较这两个系统的主要方法是通过监测两个被动充气的静态桩和一个控制转向的堆垛的表面和内部温度获得的结果。原料包括未切碎的按源分类的餐厨垃圾,纸板,混合纸和一些院子垃圾。结果表明,被动充气的静态桩的性能比转弯的堆肥差,这可能是由于结构不良导致压实以及使用非切碎的原料所致。还评估了控制转堆料堆和类似管理的料堆的性能,并为耶洛奈夫市集中堆肥的优化提供了信息。
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