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| Title: | Landfill bioreactor: A biotechnological solution for waste management |
| Authors: | Swati, M
Karthikeyan, O P
Joseph, Kurian
Nagendran, R |
| Keywords: | Landfill bioreactor
Municipal solid waste
Waste management |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2007 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a pilot-scale investigation on landfill reactors (diam 1.3 m, height 3 m) loaded with municipal solid
waste (MSW). The reactors were operated with and without leachate recirculation to simulate bioreactor fill and conventional
open fill, respectively. Strong leachates with high COD (98 g/l), BOD (33 g/l), DOC (35 g/l) and TVA (34 g/l) were encountered
during the first week of operation. Reduction in organic contents, BOD, COD (88%) and DOC (88%), and solids were evident
in the leachates from bioreactor as against the leachates from conventional open fill. Thus, landfill bioreactor technology is a
viable approach to treat organically rich MSW generated in Indian cities. |
| Page(s): | 670-674 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4456 |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.66(08) [August 2007]
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