Diseño y evaluación del compostaje como alternativa para el tratamiento de residuos de aditivos en la construcción
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2014
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Abstract
Intro duction. Industries generate all types of waste. Due to the volumes, waste has to be treated in particular
ways, and at a great scale level, thus bringing high costs for companies. In their sustainability policies, some organizations search for alternatives to treat waste in order to reduce these costs and their environmental impacts.
Objective. Establishing an alternative to treat the industrial waste known as additive pellets from the chemical
products for construction industries and, this way, avoid their disposal by the use of incineration or security
filling. materials and methods. A physical-chemical characterization of the waste was made, demonstrating
its organic nature and its harmlessness for organisms, thus establishing the feasibility of treating it by means of
a composting process. A composting system model was then designed, in order to test the treatability of the
waste in an anaerobic organic process. Other organic waste materials were used in the pilot test, such as those
from food and pruning, with constant proportions in four tests in which different doses of the additive pellet
were added and compared to a target, being this target the test number 1. For the test number 2, a 6.4L dose
was applied; for test number 3, a 9.6L dose and for test number 4, 12.8L. Each treatment had one repetition,
totaling 8 different tests. Results. Under technical terms, even though the best result can be obtained without
the additive, it can be treated by the use of a composting process, according to the dose administrated in test 2.
Finally, the adequate dose of additive pellet to be treated was determined according to the plant´s organic waste
production and the economic feasibility of implementing the project was analyzed. Conclusion. It is more feasible to treat the waste by the use of composting than dissolving it by incineration or by security filling, under
technical and environmental terms.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Residuos industriales, Residuos sólidos - Manejo, Residuos sólidos - Manejo integral, Compost, Industria de la construcción