Heat and mass transfer in unsaturated porous media: Moisture effects in compost piles self-heating |
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Authors: | C.E. Zambra N.O. Moraga M. Escudey |
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Affiliation: | 1. Universidad Arturo Prat, CIDERH, Av. Arturo Prat 2120, Iquique 1100000, Chile;2. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Lib. Bdo. O’higgins 3300, Santiago 9160000, Chile;3. Departamento de Química, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Lib. Bdo. O’Higgins 3300, Santiago 9160000, Chile;1. Composting Research Group (GICOM), Dept. of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece |
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Abstract: | A mathematical model relating heat and mass transfer in compost pile disposal in field is presented. The unsteady non linear mathematical diffusion model is solved through the finite volume method. The volumetric heat generation caused by the action of aerobic bacteria and by oxidation of cellulose in a porous media is incorporated as a function of the means moisture by a source term. Field studies in compost pile exposed to atmospheric conditions were made trying to reproduce the conditions in which self–heating and combustion may take place. Inside a compost pile made of solid residues obtained after municipal waste water treatment, temperature changes, oxygen contents and moisture were measured in time and depth. The mathematical model and numerical simulations in two dimensions, describe the internal changes of heat, oxygen and moisture observed in fields conditions and with this quantify the effects of the moisture in the temperature and oxygen concentration. |
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