Demonstration of an advanced liquid treatment system for industrial wastes and energy conservation: Al Turi sanitary landfill leachate treatment plant. Final report
Landfill leachate, collected at lined sanitary landfills, is usually hauled to off-site sewage treatment plants for disposal. These sewage treatment plants are characteristically aerobic treatment systems designed to treat moderate strength wastewater; however, transportation off-site and aerobic treatment both use energy. The project investigated the on-site anaerobic treatment (anaerobic treatment systems usually produce methane gas) of leachate, designed to enhance methane gas production and eliminate having to haul leachate off-site. The methane gas would heat various buildings on the landfill; energy used by the landfilling operation would decrease. The project`s objective was to design and construct an on-site treatment plant to treat the leachate produced by the landfill and to compare the system`s operation to transportation and treatment off-site at a nearby sewage treatment plant. Bench-scale tests were done on the leachate to determine design. Using this design, the system was constructed and used to treat leachate. Costs and effluent quality were monitored.
- Research Organization:
- Wehran-New York, Inc., Middletown, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 377345
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-195169/XAB; TRN: 62613276
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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