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The objective of this study was to identify and quantify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced during composting of poultry litter. The VOCs produced from in-vessel composting with a controlled aeration system were tested using the F-ITR method by VOC analyzer. Alkanes and alkylated benzenes were emitted in the highest amounts from poultry litter, while aldehydes, terpenes, ketones were emitted in much lesser amounts. Studies showed that VOCs generation was the greatest early during the composting process and greatly reduced thereafter. Composting temperatures were found to affect VOCs. All VOCs were least with the high temperatures generated during composting.
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This work was financed by a scholarship of the Ondokuz Mayıs University for support of Scientific/Technological Research (Project MF-102). The authors thankfully acknowledge Ernur Chicken Farming for supplying the poultry litter samples to conduct the present study.
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Turan, N.G., Akdemir, A. & Ergun, O.N. Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds during Composting of Poultry Litter. Water Air Soil Pollut 184, 177–182 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9406-0
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