Jamie Jean Minn Tan, Zi Xiang Keng, Siew Hui Chong, Guan-Ting Pan, Ajit Singh, Christinavimala Supramaniam, Ianatul Khoiroh
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Abstract
In this study, a pilot-scale in-vessel composter was used to treat a mixture of industrial biowaste, with soybean curd residue and saw dust as the major substrates. The composter is capable of treating up to 350 tons/month of waste, producing up to 150 tons/month of high-quality compost within a retention time of 7-10 days. The final compost has an average nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium content of 6%, moisture content of 28%, pH of 6.1, organic matter of 68%, and carbon-nitrogen ratio of 19:1. It also has a good amount of humic acid and macronutrients. Composts from all stages of the composting process-pre-mix, directly after discharge, after one-month of curing, and right before packaging-were evaluated with metagenomic analysis to identify the microbes that may add value to the compost.
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Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354) provides an advanced forum for the science and technology of bioengineering. It publishes original research papers, comprehensive reviews, communications and case reports. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. All aspects of bioengineering are welcomed from theoretical concepts to education and applications. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. There are, in addition, four key features of this Journal:
● We are introducing a new concept in scientific and technical publications “The Translational Case Report in Bioengineering”. It is a descriptive explanatory analysis of a transformative or translational event. Understanding that the goal of bioengineering scholarship is to advance towards a transformative or clinical solution to an identified transformative/clinical need, the translational case report is used to explore causation in order to find underlying principles that may guide other similar transformative/translational undertakings.
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● Bionics and biological cybernetics: implantology; bio–abio interfaces
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