Enabling High-Quality Compost for a Smart Domestic Production

Compost home production is an open challenge due to the need for continuous human intervention to monitor and regulate the critical parameters that play a fundamental role in the production of high-quality compost. The temperature and humidity require fine and uniform control over the entire mass to ensure a proper composting process development. This article presents a new prototype of a domestic smart composter that guarantees optimal control of the compost maturation process. This result is made possible by combining the ad-hoc design of a multi-sensor electronic board and microwave imaging techniques which provide a dual function: they allow both to control and monitor temperatures uniformly over the entire biomass.