TY  - JOUR
PB  - Springer Verlag
SN  - 12267988
EP  - 1999
AV  - none
TI  - Potentiality of Palm Oil Biomass with Cow Dung for compost production
SP  - 1994
N1  - cited By 4
Y1  - 2014///
VL  - 19
A1  - Vakili, M.
A1  - Zwain, H.M.
A1  - Rafatullah, M.
A1  - Gholami, Z.
A1  - Mohammadpour, R.
JF  - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946484692&doi=10.1007%2fs12205-014-0420-7&partnerID=40&md5=83384e97558f4c2148cfccd5f4c7d6a7
ID  - scholars4072
KW  - Biomass; Composting; Decomposition; Oil shale
KW  -  C/N ratio; Compost production; Cow dung; Decomposition mechanism; Electrical conductivity; Empty fruit bunches; Oil palm; Palm oil biomass
KW  -  Palm oil
N2  - Recently, researchers are focused on the use of biomasses generated in oil palm industry as compost to overcome their negative impacts and recycle them to produce a useful byproduct for agriculture. This study investigated formation of compost from Palm Oil Biomass (POB) by adding Cow Dung (CD). The experiment was carried out under shade in plastic bins at different POB and CD ratios (4:0, 3:1, 1:1 and 1:3) to activate decomposition mechanism up to 11 weeks. Decomposing materials was frequently moistened and turned accordingly. The addition of CD has facilitated the co posting process and treatment with 1:3 ratio of POB and CD had better quality than other treatments such that the C/N ratio, the Electrical Conductivity (EC) and pH for mature compost were 22.2, 2.83 mS.m-T and 7.81 respectively. © 2015, Korean Society of Civil Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
IS  - 7
ER  -