Nitrogen management in bioreactor landfills.

The Fate of Nitrogen in Bioreactor Landfills

Although bioreactor landfills have many advantages associated with them, challenges remain, including the persistence of ammonia-nitrogen in the leachate. It has been suggested that ammonia-nitrogen is one of the most significant long-term pollution problem in landfills and is likely a parameter that will determine when landfill postclosure monitoring may end. The fate of nitrogen in bioreactor...

Practice review of five bioreactor/recirculation landfills.

Five landfills were analyzed to provide a perspective of current practice and technical issues that differentiate bioreactor and recirculation landfills in North America from conventional landfills. The bioreactor and recirculation landfills were found to function in much the same manner as conventional landfills, with designs similar to established standards for waste containment facilities. L...

Fate of nitrogen in bioreactor landfills: Lab-scale in situ aeration in well decomposed MSW

Management Model of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Bioreactor

Major environmental concerns of municipal landfills revolve around quantity and quality of leachate, gas generation, and decomposition processes occurring therein. Minimizing the time period for maximum biodegradation to reduce leachate and gas emissions after landfill closure, ease the requirement of leachate treatment, and reclamation of landfill site is the most sought after managers proposi...

Long-Term Treatment and Disposal of Landfill Leachate

This proposal is in response to item 13 of the FCSHWM request for proposals asking for research that examines the long-term treatment and disposal options for landfill leachate. Mature landfill leachates will require a complex sequence of biological, physical, and chemical treatment processes to reach discharge limits. It is likely that ammonia-nitrogen, humics, and xenobiotic compounds in thes...