Atmospheric Conditions

Quantity Unit Remarks

Ambient Temperature [atm_temp] 28 Celcius User
[atm_temp_k] 301 Kelvin Calculated
Ambient Pressure [atm_pre] 101325 Pascal User
Specific Gas Constant [gas_const] 286.9 J/(kg.K) Constant
Oxygen quantity in air [oxy_qty] 20.95% % User
Density of Air [air_den] 1.17332836171748 kg/m3 Calculated
Mass of one mole of oxygen [oxy_mas_mole] 32 grams Constant

Calculation of Number of Moles of Oxygen in 1m3 of air

Partial Pressure of Oxygen [oxy_par_pre] 21227.5875 Pascal Calculated
Total Volume [to_vol] 1 m3 Fixed
Universal Gas Constant of Oxygen [uni_gas_const] 8.3145 J/mol.K Constant
number of moles of oxygen [no_oxy_mole] 8.4819948898464 moles Calculated
Mass of Oxygen per cu mtr of air [oxy_mass] 271.423836475085 gm Calculated

Waste characterestics
Recyclable fraction [re_fr] 15% % User, description by weight
Inert [in_fr] 15% % User, description by weight
Organic fraction [or_fr] 70% % Calculated, description by weight

Required Waste Quantity

Organic Fraction [re_or_wa] 10 Tons User

Volume of recyclable waste [vo_re_wa] 21.4285714285714 m3 Calculated

Weight of recyclables [we_re_wa]
Assumed density of recyclable waste [de_re_wa] 200 Kg/m3 User
Assumed density of inerts [de_in_wa]
Total required waste for project per day [to_wa_re] 14.2857142857143 Tons Calculated
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Waste Characterization
Qty Unit
Waste Quantity per day [was_qty] 10 TPD
Density of waste [was_den] 350 kg/m3
Total Waste Volume [to_was_vol] 28.5714285714286 m3
Total Solid [ts_per] 35% %
[ts_tpd] 3.5 TPD
Volatile solid [vs_per] 50% %
[vs_tpd] 1.75 TPD
[vs_mg] 1750000000 mg
Nitrogen [N_per] 2.80% %
[N_tpd] 0.098 TPD
Water Content [wa_per] 65% %
[wa_tpd] 6.5 TPD
C/N [c_n_ip] 17.8571428571429 Ratio

Tunnel Dimensioning
Residence Time [r_t_1] 4 days
tunnel width [t_w] 2.5 m
tunnel height [t_h] 3 m
waste height in tunnel [w_h_t] 1.8 m
tunnel length [t_l] 44 m
volume of waste in r_t_1 time [v_was_rt_1] 200 m3

Waste Requirement & Aerobic composting Requirement

Required Moisture Content [tu_re_moi] 60% %
Required Temperature [tu_re_temp] 50 Celcius
[tu_re_temp_k] 323 Kelvin

Air & Mass Reduction Calculation

Air flow required on day-1 [air_flo_1] 777.376309269629 m3/day
Air flow required on day-2 [air_flo_2] 1531.4313447106 m3/day
Air flow required on day-3 [air_flo_3] 2262.8647440743 m3/day
Air flow required on day-4 [air_flo_4] 2972.35515599345 m3/day

Total VS in tunnel on day-1 [vs_day1] 1750000000 mg

Total VS in tunnel on day-2 [vs_day2] 3447500034.77918 mg
Total VS in tunnel on day-3 [vs_day3] 5094075102.25078 mg

Total VS in tunnel on day-4 [vs_day4] 6691252950.42196 mg

VS mass loss day-1 [vs_lo_1] 0 Kg

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[vs_lo_1_per] 0% %
VS mass loss day-2 [vs_lo_2] 52.4999652208243 Kg
[vs_lo_2_per] 1.52% %
VS mass loss day-3 [vs_lo_3] 155.924897749222 Kg
[vs_lo_3_per] 3.06% %
VS mass loss day-4 [vs_lo_4] 308.74704957804 Kg
[vs_lo_4_per] 4.61% %

Water Evaporated on Day-1 [wa_ev_1] 0 Kg

Water Evaporated on Day-2 [wa_ev_2] 454.147929233236 Kg
Water Evaporated on Day-3 [wa_ev_3] 1348.81935884836 Kg
Water Evaporated on Day-4 [wa_ev_4] 2670.7985925888 Kg

Heat Evolution on Day-1 [ht_1] 0 MJ

Heat Evolution on Day-2 [ht_2] 1207.49920007896 MJ
Heat Evolution on Day-3 [ht_3] 3586.2726482321 MJ
Heat Evolution on Day-4 [ht_4] 7101.18214029492 MJ

Water Content in tunnel on day-1 [wa_co_1] 6500 Kg

[wa_co_1_per] 65% %
Water Content in tunnel on day-2 [wa_co_2] 12545.8520707668 Kg
[wa_co_2_per] 64.36% %
Water Content in tunnel on day-3 [wa_co_3] 17697.0327119184 Kg
[wa_co_3_per] 63.23% %
Water Content in tunnel on day-4 [wa_co_4] 16375.053478178 Kg
[wa_co_4_per] 46.77% %

Total Mass in tunnel day-1 [tm_tu_1] 10000 Kg

Total Mass in tunnel day-2 [tm_tu_2] 19493.3521055459 Kg
Total Mass in tunnel day-3 [tm_tu_3] 27988.6078489484 Kg
Total Mass in tunnel day-4 [tm_tu_4] 35009.0622067815 Kg

Combined Mass lost day-1 [co_ml_1] 0 Kg

[co_ml_1_per]
Combined Mass lost day-2 [co_ml_2] 610.072826982458 Kg
[co_ml_2_per] 3.1% %
Combined Mass lost day-3 [co_ml_3] 1504.74425659758 Kg
[co_ml_3_per] 5.02% %
Combined Mass lost day-4 [co_ml_4] 2979.54564216684 Kg
[co_ml_4_per] 9.93% %

Expected C/N day_1 [c_n_1]

Expected C/N day_2 [c_n_2]
Expected C/N day_3 [c_n_3]
Expected C/N day_4 [c_n_4]

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Related Calculation
Assumed VS reduction per day [vs_red] 3% %
Heat evolution per Kg of decomposed material [ht_kg] 23 MJ/kg
Heat used for evaporation of water [ht_va] 85% %
Heat required to evaporate per Kg of water [ht_kg_wa] 2.26 MJ
Euler's Constant [e=e_1] 2.71828

Calculated constant p [p_1] -0.000609184149694 ul

Diminising Factor [d_f] 0.970000019873815
Oxygen Consumption rate [y_1] 2.51188643150958 mg/h per g of VS
Constant [a_1] 0.1
Constant [k_1] 0.028
Volume of air equivalent to oxygen consumption rate per day
per kg of VS[air_oxy_eq] 0.22210751693418 m3/day per kg of VS

Since the waste is fresh so much higher air flow is required

so we double the calculated air flow [air_oxy_eq_mod]
0.44421503386836 m3/day per kg of VS
Assumed all organic fraction is of size [or_fr_si] 60 mm

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e Characterization
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nel Dimensioning
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Aerobic composting Requirement

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ated Calculation
User
Ref: MSW for Organic Agriculture by Dr. B.F.A Basnayake[7th Sept 2001]
Ref: MSW for Organic Agriculture by Dr. B.F.A Basnayake[7th Sept 2001]
Internet :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_heat
Constant
Mass at time (t) is calculated as per following equation
m(t)=m(0)e-p*tu_re_temp_k
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Ref: MSW for Organic Agriculture by Dr. B.F.A Basnayake[7th Sept 2001]
Ref: MSW for Organic Agriculture by Dr. B.F.A Basnayake[7th Sept 2001]
Ref: MSW for Organic Agriculture by Dr. B.F.A Basnayake[7th Sept 2001]

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Ref: Science of Composting- Air flow required at the beginning of the composting
process is much higher

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Volume of waste taken out from Tunnel on day-5
[wa_vo_tu] 47.1623375 m3
Estimated weight of waste [wa_wg_s] 13292.5324 Kg
Estimated volume reduction of waste in phase-1
[es_vol_re] 9.93% %
Sorting efficiency [s_eff_sc] 65% %
Recoved recyclable/RDF [rdf_re] 2.78571429 Tons
Remaining organic & Inert [re_wa_sor]
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