• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
• /
• v.20 no.3
• /
• pp.150-154
• /
• 2001

This study was performed to investigate the amount of water condensation and energy consumption in a small composter. The heights of composter (10 cm, 15 cm, 20 cm), horizontal angles of lid ($40^{\circ}$ , $50^{\circ}$ , $60^{\circ}$ ) and operating temperatures ($75^{\circ}C$, $85^{\circ}C$, $95^{\circ}C$) as the parameters were changed to optimize the shape and operating temperature. The compostable food wastes were added into the composter at the rate of 1 kg/day without additives. The results are as follows; Condensation of food waste increased with temperature, but no trends were observed in related with the height and the horizontal angle of the container. The amount of condensated water decreased with increasing of the horizontal angle up to the height 10 cm of the composter. In the composter with the height of 15 cm, the amount of condensated water decreased in order of $95^{\circ}C$, $75^{\circ}C$ and $85^{\circ}C$. The higher the temperature increased, the more energy consumption increased.