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5.2.3 START-UP SETTINGS – RESTAURANT WASTE
To achieve a good biological process during the first week set the settings as the schedule below.
After the first 14 days of operation there should be a hot zone in the back of the cylinder.
Settings: The first 7 days The next 7 days The next 7 days Thereafter
Wait time: 8 hrs 4 hrs 2 hrs 1 hrs
Rotations: 1 1 2 2
Fan: 20 % 20 % 20% 20 %
5.2.4 FOLLOWING-UP ROUTINES
It is recommended to continuously check the temperature inside the cylinder during the start-up
period. After a while you will learn to recognize a good biological process only by opening the inlet
pipe (model T60 and T120) or the inspection doors (model T60_40L(S), T120_40L(S) and T240). We
recommend (in the beginning) downloading the temperatures and also to take note of smell etc.
A Fresh food waste and sawdust/pelletised sawdust is fed into the Composter.
T1 Thermophilic phase – 40-70% moisture. High temperature :50-65ºC.
T2 Mesophilic phase – Lower moisture. Temperature: 25-40ºC
T3 Maturation phase – Low moisture. Temperature: 20ºC.
B Compost is automatically emptied from cylinder.
The temperatures in the three measuring points are always shown on the touch screen. These values
are useful indicators of how well the biological process is functioning. When the temperature sensors
indicate 50-65ºC in the first half of the cylinder and the compost that is fed out of the cylinder looks
like ready compost there is no need to analyze the temperatures or manually measure the
temperatures by opening the inspection doors every week. If lower temperatures are obtained it is a
good idea to make control measurements manually if the compost is of poor quality or if there are any
other signs of a malfunctioning biological process.
START-UP SCHEDULES
On the following pages there are start-up schedules for each model. Start-up schedules in other units
such as gallons or buckets are available from the distributor. The goal with using the start-up schedule
is to establish a strong biological process before too much food waste is fed in.