Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8110134 | Renewable Energy Focus | 2018 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This project aimed to simulate a sanitary landfill cell at the pilot scale and used a lysimeter to assess and quantify the volume of biogas produced by municipal solid waste (MSW), with a composition similar to that disposed in municipal sanitary landfill, in Itajubá, Brazil. The methodology of this study included: the preparation and filling of an experimental cell landfill; the measurement of the biogas pressure, temperature and volume; the determination of the potential for methane generation (in m3 of CH4/kgMSW); and the determination of the MSW substrate parameters before and after closing the lysimeter (including COD, BOD, TS, VS, etc.). The results obtained by demonstrating the potential for methane generation ranged from 25.95Â m3Â CH4/tMSW in PHASE I to 291.79Â m3Â CH4/tMSW in PHASE II and 0.87Â m3Â CH4/tMSW in PHASE III. All of the values that resulted from these PHASES studies matched the USEPA values for the lysimeters operated from 1 to 3 years (0.2-400Â m3/t), including the low production value of PHASE III. The PHASE II value was more consistent with the default USEPA LandGem L0 value (170Â m3/t).
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Authors
Regina Mambeli Barros, Geraldo Lúcio Tiago Filho, Afonso Henriques Moreira Santos, Cláudio Homero Ferreira, Marcela Fernandes Pieroni, Juliana Sales Moura, Helena Sayuri de Souza Abe, Lucas Martins Brito, Ivan Felipe Silva dos Santos,