Potential of production and utilization of heat energy obtained in a process of solid cattle manure composting

Abstract

The analysis of producing of heat from the compost production process, with goal to determine a rough sketch of the potential use of heat that develops in the process of composting is presented in this paper. Production of compost from solid cattle manure in bright plateau, using appropriate equipment is considered. Conductet temperature measurments revealed the temperature increase in the mass of up to 75 ° C,with a fairly stable temperature regime. A model for the analysis, elemental prism was adopted. In the conducted analysis, certain approximations and simplifications were adopted. This is done because of that in this step only a rough estimate of the potential of heat pro duction is expected. Results from the analysis show that the observed process deserves a more detailed approach, both in experimental work and in completing the analysis of the factors that influence this process.