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Performance evaluation of the bioreactor landfill in treatment and stabilisation of mechanically biologically treated municipal solid waste

Lakshmikanthan, P and Babu, Sivakumar GL (2017) Performance evaluation of the bioreactor landfill in treatment and stabilisation of mechanically biologically treated municipal solid waste. In: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, 35 (3). pp. 285-293.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242X16681461

Abstract

The potential of bioreactor landfills to treat mechanically biologically treated municipal solid waste is analysed in this study. Developing countries like India and China have begun to investigate bioreactor landfills for municipal solid waste management. This article describes the impacts of leachate recirculation on waste stabilisation, landfill gas generation, leachate characteristics and long-term waste settlement. A small-scale and large-scale anaerobic cell were filled with mechanically biologically treated municipal solid waste collected from a landfill site at the outskirts of Bangalore, India. Leachate collected from the same landfill site was recirculated at the rate of 2-5 times a month on a regular basis for 370 days. The total quantity of gas generated was around 416 L in the large-scale reactor and 21 L in the small-scale reactor, respectively. Differential settlements ranging from 20%-26% were observed at two different locations in the large reactor, whereas 30% of settlement was observed in the small reactor. The biological oxygen demand/chemical oxygen demand (COD) ratio indicated that the waste in the large reactor was stabilised at the end of 1 year. The performance of the bioreactor with respect to the reactor size, temperature, landfill gas and leachate quality was analysed and it was found that the bioreactor landfill is efficient in the treatment and stabilising of mechanically biologically treated municipal solid waste.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
Additional Information: Copy right for this article belongs to the SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA)
Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited: 20 May 2017 03:50
Last Modified: 25 Feb 2019 05:55
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/56691

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