title: [The stratification of moisture content and its dynamics in co-composting of sewage sludge and pig manure].
abstract: The experiment of co-composting of sewage sludge and pig manure was studied. The moisture contents were 50.82%-60.87% at the stage of temperature rising and 38.7%-52.17% at the stage of thermophilic fermentation, and the stratification of moisture content were not obvious for both stages because the door, the internal wall and the depth of the composting bay had little effect on the stratification. At the stage of cooling, the moisture content was 24.54%-49.39%, and the stratification of moisture content was remarkable as the door, the internal wall and the depth of the composting bay had great influence on it. At the stage of maturity, the moisture content was 19.18%-49.34%, and the stratification of moisture weakened, for which the door and the internal wall were mainly responsible. At the different composting stage, the degree of difference of moisture content on the profiles of the pile was of the order: maturity stage > cooling stage > thermophilic stage = temperature rising stage, and the moisture content in the pile was as follows: the lower > the middle > the upper. The relation between moisture content and composting time meeted with two-order kinetics equation.
authors.affiliation: Lab of Environmental Remediation, Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Tong-bin
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yu-qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Guo-di
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005308:Fertilizers; D008372:Manure; D012722:Sewage; D013552:Swine; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D008372:Manure; D012722:Sewage; D014867:Water