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AUTHOR(S): 

Rafail Isemin, Dmitry Klimov, Aleksandr Mikhalev, Oleg Milovanov

 

TITLE

Torrefaction – the New Method for Decontamination of Poultry Litter

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KEYWORDS

organic fertilizer, biofuels, pathogenic organisms, poultry litter, pyrolysis (torrefaction)

ABSTRACT

Dry poultry waste can be used as a valuable fertilizer for seedbed preparation and spring fertilizing of winter crops. One of the major limitations for the direct application of organic waste in the soil is the presence of conditionally pathogenic and pathogenic microorganisms, preserving viability and virulence for a long time. The low-temperature pyrolysis (torrefaction) of pelleted litter mass at 250° C and treatment time of 60 min. allows for complete decontamination of this type of waste. Reducing the pyrolysis temperature to 155 ° C even when the treatment time was 60 min. did not fully decontaminate the litter mass. There was also a series of experiments on the use of pelleted litter mass subjected to low-temperature pyrolysis for 1 hour at 250 ° C as a fertilizer or biofuels.

Cite this paper

Rafail Isemin, Dmitry Klimov, Aleksandr Mikhalev, Oleg Milovanov. (2017) Torrefaction – the New Method for Decontamination of Poultry Litter. Food and Nutrition Science - An International Journal, 2, 5-10