Enhancement of landfill gas production Nanticoke landfill, Binghamton, New York. Final report, October 1983-August 1987

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6565672

DiPippo, G; Leuschner, A P

An examination of the effects of landfill gas production enhancement in a field-scale program is presented. The enhancement entailed the use of leachate recycling to promote more conducive environmental conditions for the anaerobic microorganisms so that they would grow more quickly and thus convert the organic fraction of the municipal solid waste to methane at a faster rate. Seven field-scale landfill test cells were constructed and monitored for two years. The major conclusion of the study is that the addition of sludge to municipal solid waste in a landfill environment has a positive effect on quickly establishing a viable anaerobic community, as a result of which methane production rates and leachate quality improve. The appendix includes data from permeability tests.

• Research Organization: Wehran Engineering Corp., Middletown, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6565672
• Report Number(s): PB-95-148300/XAB; CNN: GRI-5083-253-0846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
LEACHATES
RECYCLING
METHANE
PRODUCTION
MICROORGANISMS
PRODUCTIVITY
SANITARY LANDFILLS
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
SEWAGE SLUDGE
PROGRESS REPORT
ALKANES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SEWAGE
SLUDGES
SOLUTIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
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