On-Farm Composting Handbook List of Figures

Reprinted with permission from On-Farm Composting Handbook (NRAES-54). ©1992 by NRAES (Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service). All rights reserved. For more information, please contact NRAES at (607)255-7654, or nraes@cornell.edu

On-Farm Composting Handbook

List of Figures

Chapter 2: 2.1 The composting process; 2.2 Natural (passive) air movement in a composting windrow or pile; 2.3 Time-temperature patterns for composting: general and typical; 2.4 Decomposition of solid particles; 2.5 Primary groups of microorganisms involved in composting (magnified over 1,000 times)
Chapter 3: 3.1 Combining raw maerials to achieve the desired characteristics for composting; 3.2 Raw material lab analysis report
Chapter 4: 4.1 Windrow composting with an elevating face wiindrow turner; 4.2 Typical windrow shapes and dimensions; 4.3 Turning windrows using a bucket loader; 4.4 Tractor-assisted windrow turners; 4.5 Two passes are necessary for most tractor-drawn turners; 4.6 Self-powered and self-driven windrow turners; 4.7 Passively aerated windrow method for composting manure; 4.8 Aerated static p ile layout and dimensions; 4.9 Extended aerated static pile layout and dimensioins; 4.10 Temperature sensor location for an aerated static pile; 4.11 Aeration pipe specificatiions for an aerated static pile; 4.12 Air distribution pattern along the piile length; 4.13 Split aeration piipe layout to increase the pile length for an aerated static pile; 4.14 A 55-gallon drum condensate trap for a suction aeration system; 4.15 Rectangular agitated bed composting system; 4.16 Silo composting system; 4.17 Rotating drum composter; 4.18 Poultry carcass composting bin; 4.19 Covered poultry carcass composting bins; 4.20 Time-temperature profile for poultry carcass composting
Chapter 5: 5.1 Composting system and operations; 5.2 Belt-type shear shredder; 5.3 Rotary shear shredder; 5.4 Hammer mill; 5.5 Tub grinder; 5.6 Buck wall design for mixing area; 5.7 Move the dump truck forward slowly to form the windrow; 5.8 Forming windrows with a manure spreader; 5.9 Mobile batch mixers can also be used to form windrows; 5.10 Continuous mixing pug mill; 5.11 Adding liquid ingredients to a furrowed windrow; 5.12 Curing pile dimensions; 5.13 Trommel screen
Chapter 6: 6.1 Two different approaches and record forms for monitoring temperature at a composting site (examples); 6.2 Dial thermometer for monitoring windrow/pile temperatures; 6.3 Oxygen-analyzing equipment; 6.4 Odor treatment using a soil filter
Chapter 7: 7.1 Site circle diagram (example); 7.2 Site layout and drainage diagram (example); 7.3 Composting pad construction and drainage (example); 7.4 Methods of diverting surface runoff and seepage; 7.5 Backhoe used for a deep-hole check to determine the presence of ground water or bedrock; 7.6 Grass infiltration bed for treating compost pad runoff; 7.7 Typical characteristics of a holding pond; 7.8 Covered storage with leachate collection for wet materials; 7.9 Dimensions and spacings for windrows and piles
Chapter 8: 8.1 The application of compost, as mulch, around trees; 8.2 Field application of compost
Chapter 9: 9.1 Sample compost marketing survey

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