Table 4.2
Vermicomposting operation condition for dewatered sludge
Temperature
(
C)
Pretreatment method
Earthworm
species
Inoculation time
(d)
Inoculation
density
Reference
1
25
Sludge + cow dung
Eisenia fetida
56
5 worms/kg
Domínguez-Crespo et al.
(2012)
2
10–30
Compost
Eisenia fetida
28
0.5–5.0 kg/m
2
Hait and Tare (2012)
3
20
Sludge + soil
Eisenia andrei
14
50 worms /kg
Cesar et al. (2012)
4
17
Sludge + cow dung
Eisenia fetida
50
62.5 worms /kg
Ludibeth et al. (2012)
5
25
Sludge + cow dung + dry
Eisenia fetida
60
30 worms/kg
Xing et al. (2012)
6
25
Sludge + rabbit dung
Eisenia fetida
56
30 worms/kg
Molina et al. (2013)
7
27
Dry
Lumbricus
rubellus
105
10 worms/kg
Azizi et al. (2013)
8
25
Dry
Eisenia fetida
21
2.0 kg /m
2
Yang et al. (2014)
9
23
Dry + sawdust + cow dung
Eisenia fetida
120
1000 worms/kg
Lv et al. (2014)
10 23
Sludge + cow dung
Eisenia fetida
100
12.5 worms/kg
Lv et al. (2015)
11 23
Dry + sawdust + cow dung
Eisenia fetida
120
125 worms/kg
Zhang et al. (2015)
12 20
Pellet
Bimastus parvus
60
50 worms/kg
Fu et al. (2015a, b)
13 23
Dry + sawdust + dung
Eisenia fetida
56
125 worms/kg
Xing et al. (2015)
14 20
Sludge + vermicompost
Eisenia fetida
28
70 worms/3 L
Babić et al. (2015)
15 25
Pellet
Eisenia fetida
60
25 worms/kg
Fu et al. (2016)
16 20–28
Sludge + cow dung + swine
manure
Eisenia fetida
60
100 worms/kg
Xie et al. (2016)
17 20–22
Dry
Eisenia fetida
31
125–375 worms/
kg
Cui et al. (2018)
18 25–26
Sludge + cattle manure + sawdust Eisenia fetida
84
375 worms/kg
Zhao et al. (2018)
19 21–25
Sludge + cattle dung
Eisenia fetida
80
13 worms/kg
Lv et al. (2018a, b)
20 18–26
Pellet
Eisenia fetida
80
25 worms/kg
Huang et al. (2018)
21 21–23
Sludge + rice straw
Eisenia fetida
84
167 worms/kg
Lv et al. (2018a, b)
62
K. Huang et al.