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Design and Validation of an Automated Multiunit Composting System.

This thesis covers the design of an automated multiunit composting system (AMUCS) that was constructed to meet the experimental apparatus requirements of the ASTM D5338 standard. The design of the AMUCS is discussed in full detail and validated with two experiments. The first experiment was used to validate the operation of the AMUCS with a 15 day experiment. During this experiment visual observations were made to visually observe degradation. Thermal properties and stability tests were performed to quantify the effects of degradation on the polymer samples, and the carbon metabolized from the degradation of samples was measured. The second experiment used the AMUCS to determine the effect of synthetic clay nanofiller on the aerobic biodegradability behavior of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc12184
Date12 1900
CreatorsPickens, Mark Everett
ContributorsVaidyanathan, Vijay, D'Souza, Nandika A., Hayes, Robert G.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Pickens, Mark Everett, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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