🌱 Industrial Composting Bioreactor

About this simulation

Tune carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, moisture and aeration in an industrial composting bioreactor to maximise heat, biogas and finished compost yield.

How it works

• Carbon:Nitrogen ratio — C:N balance score — thermophilic composting bacteria thrive closest to a 30:1 ratio.
• Core temperature — Thermal removal rate at a fixed 420 m³/hr airflow — too hot needs cooling, too cold stalls decomposition.
• Retention time — Fraction of a 48-tonne feedstock batch converted to finished compost at 2.8%/day decomposition rate.

Controls

• Carbon:Nitrogen ratio — 10–50 :1.
• Core temperature — 20–80 °C.
• Retention time — 10–60 days.
• ↺ Reset — restores default values. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.