DIY DIY Bioreactor - Brewer!

[puggle6]

This will be a bit of a WIP thread as I don't have access to my tools or the workspace needed for the construction at the moment.

Posting the shopping list and theory here rather than scraps of paper lol!

I can compile a start to finish diy later..

So here it is!

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/compost-bioreactor-77220.html

Basically a fancy name for a composter!

I'm going a bit further but keeping it outside the lab so to say.

2 things I will be trying to achieve, firstly an all in one Brewer, capable of accelerated composting of basically any organic matter that will yield a pathogen free concentrated organic plant food (both liquid and solid) in about 1 week of brewing.

Secondly is to specifically Brew N, P or K components.

I will probably make a total or 3 of these units.

1 as a mixed Brewer
1 specific to producing P
1 specific to producing K

I already have production of N nailed by aquaponics and a pond bio filter, I'll cover this along the way but fish water will be the base water that my home made P and K will be add to.

End goal is to make my own hydro food organic and with known NPK levels or ppm etc.

Organic hydro can be a disaster but this should work for any medium.

If I can get it to work I can in theory get a carbon footprint of what it takes to grow some buds lol

Saying your 6zips are carbon neutral haha!

Our soil man @hecno and I have bashed some theory around, I know he has some of his findings to share, thanks for being on board bro!


A few links here before I loose them

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesophile

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophile

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate_solubilizing_bacteria

Potassium-Solubilizing Bacteria and Their Application ... - Springer Link
link.springer.com › content › pdf

Shopping list to come for the stuff needed to make the Brewer

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[puggle6]

Design is in my noggin, will sketch it out on paper and eventually CAD

Shopping list so far..

- Sealable drum (like the blue ones or home beer Brewer)
- electric blanket
- BBQ rotisserie (modify paddles for agitation)
- masacating pump?
- air pump and stones
- hoses, fittings etc
- home brew bubbler site (to see gasses being given off)
- temp probes + temp gun
- timers/plc/rasberry Pi's
- aquarium bio balls
- heat mat+yoga mat (as base)
- inline uv sterilization (Incase I need to nuke from orbit!)

- NPK test kit.. the Digi ones are expensive! So probably can't monitor in real time in the early days lol!

Ok so that's what I have at the moment, don't be to cruel!!!

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[calliandra]

wow nice initiative!
I do think the approach is a bit off-track - the text you linked to the bioreactor description mentions how vermicompost as opposed to the bioreactor method isn't sterile and that throws up a whole series of alarm bells.
Sterile compost isn't compost!
The whole point of compost is to breed beneficial microbial communities, so it's anything BUT sterile haha
Sorry I don't have time to look into the concept and implementation more right now, but it may be a great thing you're not getting round to actually doing this right now and chances are, you'll change your mind in favor of something simpler and more on point

Here's a nice resource from Cornell that could help you understand the basic principles of composting for those beneficial results:
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/index.html

Whereby they are easily summarized to

• good quality input materials in good C:N ratios and with good varied structure
  
• aeration
• humidity
• temperature

and following the Goldilocks principle of not too much, not too little, but juuust right amounts of each!
cheers!

 

[puggle6]

Not looking for sterile but more or less a method of pasturisation

 

[calliandra]

Yeah well have fun with that, that's way out of my scope of action - and knowledge
Cheers!