Effect of acidification percentage and volatile organic acids on the anaerobic biological process in simulated landfill bioreactors

Junqin Wang, Dongsheng Shen, Yanhua Xu

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Abstract

A landfill bioreactor with leachate circulation in situ and two-phase landfill bioreactor were introduced to investigate the effect of acidification percentage and volatile organic acids on the decomposition of municipal solid waste. The concentration of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), volatile organic acids (VOAs), acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid in leachate were regularly monitored, and the acidification percentages were also calculated. The changes of SCOD indicated that the anaerobic landfill bioreactor with leachate circulation in situ occurred two clear lag-phases, the first one about 60 days and the second from the 80th day, while the two-phase one had the significantly short first lag-phase, only about 7 days. It was also found that the concentration of VOAs and propionic acid could be used to indicate the first lag-phase and the second one, respectively. However, the percentage of acidification, which were similar for both lag-phase during the first 70 days, could only indicate the first lag-phase without showing the second lag-phase since the 80th day.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1677-1681
Number of pages5
JournalProcess Biochemistry
Volume41
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2006

Keywords

  • Acidification percentage
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Landfill bioreactor
  • Municipal solid waste
  • Volatile organic acids

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