Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw

Rice straw is one of the abundant renewable resources in the world. Until now, open field burning remains a common practice in many Asian countries for the final disposal of rice straw. The emitted pollutants from open burning of rice straw may cause adverse impact on visibility, human health,...

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Main Author: Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad
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Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-usm-ep.452072019-08-06T07:10:59Z Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw 2012-10 Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Rice straw is one of the abundant renewable resources in the world. Until now, open field burning remains a common practice in many Asian countries for the final disposal of rice straw. The emitted pollutants from open burning of rice straw may cause adverse impact on visibility, human health, and regional air quality. Bio-transformation of rice straw to value products is an economical and environmental friendly solution for this problem. However, one of the main problems in rice straw transformation is its nonbiodegradability. The bio-oxidation rate of hydrocarbon compounds in solid state increases after such compounds transform into solution forms. Similarly, the composting of lignocellulose materials significantly enhances under thermophilic conditions. Therefore, this study focuses on time reduction of the rice straw composting process by using thermochemical pretreatment and operation under thermophilic conditions. This study investigates the operational condition of the thermochemical pretreatment process, optimize the thermochemical pretreatment, and determine the influence of thermophilic condition on the composting of pretreated rice straw. The objectives of this research are for optimization of thermochemical pretreatment process, studying the effect of pretreatment process on the stability, maturity and enhancing of rice straw composting process. The influence of mesophilic and thermophilic conditions was also investigated. 2012-10 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45207/ http://eprints.usm.my/45207/1/Seyed%20Mohammad%20Hosseini24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language English
topic TA1-2040 Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA1-2040 Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad
Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
description Rice straw is one of the abundant renewable resources in the world. Until now, open field burning remains a common practice in many Asian countries for the final disposal of rice straw. The emitted pollutants from open burning of rice straw may cause adverse impact on visibility, human health, and regional air quality. Bio-transformation of rice straw to value products is an economical and environmental friendly solution for this problem. However, one of the main problems in rice straw transformation is its nonbiodegradability. The bio-oxidation rate of hydrocarbon compounds in solid state increases after such compounds transform into solution forms. Similarly, the composting of lignocellulose materials significantly enhances under thermophilic conditions. Therefore, this study focuses on time reduction of the rice straw composting process by using thermochemical pretreatment and operation under thermophilic conditions. This study investigates the operational condition of the thermochemical pretreatment process, optimize the thermochemical pretreatment, and determine the influence of thermophilic condition on the composting of pretreated rice straw. The objectives of this research are for optimization of thermochemical pretreatment process, studying the effect of pretreatment process on the stability, maturity and enhancing of rice straw composting process. The influence of mesophilic and thermophilic conditions was also investigated.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad
author_facet Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad
author_sort Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad
title Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
title_short Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
title_full Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
title_fullStr Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
title_full_unstemmed Chemical Pretreatment And Thermophilic Composting Process For Rapid Biodegradation Of Rice Straw
title_sort chemical pretreatment and thermophilic composting process for rapid biodegradation of rice straw
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.usm.my/45207/1/Seyed%20Mohammad%20Hosseini24.pdf
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