Table 9.3
(continued)
Types of FVW
Pretreatment
Earthworm
species and
density
Operation system
Temperature
and time
Initial content of
N and P
Final content of
N and P
References
Kitchen waste
Dried at 65
C
Smashed and
passed 10 mesh
sieves
Mixed with rice
straw
Eisenia fetida;
5 worms/kg-wet
(300 mg/worm)
Mixed system
20–25
C;
45 days
19.2–22.2 g-N/
kg;
1.36–1.75 g-P/kg
Both N and P
decreased
Zhi-wei
et al. (2019)
Banana peels;
cabbage; lettuce; carrot;
Potato
Cut into pieces
with a width of
about 1 cm
Eisenia fetida;
100 worms/kgwet (adult
earthworms)
Separated system. A novel
reactor with two compartments (substrate and bed
compartments) was used
25
C;
12–26 days
10.0–40.9 g-N/
kg;
1.3–7.0 g-P/kg
16.8–57.8 g-N/
kg;
2.0–9.2 g-P/kg
Li et al.
(2020)
FVW
fruit and vegetable waste, N
nitrogen, P
phosphorus
150
W. Li et al.