Fig. 4. The courses over time of the measured and predicted values of percentage of carbon loss during the composting of the fed-batch operation. Predicted values were obtained using Eq. [7] with the three sets of parameters (I–III) shown in Table 1. For the sake of simplicity in calculation, t_L was always kept at zero, even for the dog food thrown into the reactor at the start of the fed-batch operation on the 0th day.