Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 68, Issue -, Pages 307-318Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.06.023
Keywords
Municipal solid waste (MSW); High food waste content (HFWC); Leachate level; Hydraulic conductivity; Gas content; Pore gas pressure
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB719802]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41402249, 41502276]
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The high food waste content (HFWC) MSW at a landfill has the characteristics of rapid hydrolysis process, large leachate production rate and fast gas generation. The liquid-gas interactions at HFWC-MSW land-fills are prominent and complex, and still remain significant challenges. This paper focuses on the liquid gas interactions of HFWC-MSW observed from a large-scale bioreactor landfill experiment (5 m x 5 m x 7.5 m). Based on the connected and quantitative analyses on the experimental observations, the following findings were obtained: (1) The high leachate level observed at Chinese landfills was attributed to the combined contribution from the great quantity of self-released leachate, waste compression and gas entrapped underwater. The contribution from gas entrapped underwater was estimated to be 21-28% of the total leachate level. (2) The gas entrapped underwater resulted in a reduction of hydraulic conductivity, decreasing by one order with an increase in gas content from 13% to 21%. (3) The breakthrough value in the gas accumulation zone was up to 11 kPa greater than the pore liquid pressure. The increase of the breakthrough value was associated with the decrease of void porosity induced by surcharge loading. (4) The self-released leachate from HFWC-MSW was estimated to contribute to over 30% of the leachate production at landfills in Southern China. The drainage of leachate with a high organic loading in the rapid hydrolysis stage would lead to a loss of landfill gas (LFG) potential of 13%. Based on the above findings, an improved method considering the quantity of self-released leachate was proposed for the prediction of leachate production at HFWC-MSW landfills. In addition, a three-dimensional drainage system was proposed to drawdown the high leachate level and hence to improve the slope stability of a landfill, reduce the hydraulic head on a bottom liner and increase the collection efficiency for LFG. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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