Diseño de una planta procesadora de compostaje a partir del raquis de la extracción de aceite de palma africana para la empresa extractora Rio Manso EXA S.A.

Abstract

The following investigation's objective is the design of a processing composting plant from the rachis of the African palm for the Extractora Rio Manso EXA S.A., determining the weight of the material with which worked in an approximate quantity of 7000 kg weekly rachis Once the waste was received, the physical-chemical analysis was carried out to determine the treatment time, which would be 16 weeks, where the parameters such as humidity, the temperature of the composting piles during the stages of the process, the hydrogen potential, the particle size and the composting piles, the carbon-nitrogen ratio, this last parameter was also measured at the end of the process, as it will be useful for the validation of the same. At the end of the process, composting was obtained with a carbon-nitrogen ratio of 24.5, which according to the Manual of Farmer Composting (FAO) it is within the optimum parameters. It is recommended to the Extractora Rio Manso Exa S.A. implement this project to obtain new sources of income, improve the quality of salaries for African palm production and help reduce solid waste from oil palm oil extraction.