The landfill gas timeline: the Brogborough test cells

Citation
M. Caine et al., The landfill gas timeline: the Brogborough test cells, WASTE MAN R, 17(6), 1999, pp. 430-442
Citations number
6
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Environmental Engineering & Energy
Journal title
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
ISSN journal
0734-242X → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
430 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-242X(199912)17:6<430:TLGTTB>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The Brogborough test cells were initiated in 1986 to demonstrate several ro bust and easily applied techniques for accelerating waste degradation in la ndfill, principally as a means of enhancing energy; recovery from lanJfrll gas. This raper maps the project up to July 1998. The main conclusions are listed below. The Brogborough test cells data set includes over 9-years con tinuous flow data - longer than any other large scale landfill test program me. Specific yield data are 2 to 3 times higher than published data from co mmercial landfills - even from the control cells - indicating increased rec overy as a result of the idealized landfill engineering and gas abstraction systems in place. Cells 5 and 6 (in situ treatments) produced more rapid m ethanogenesis, as designed. Cells 3 and 4 (applied treatments) have shown s tatistically significant enhancement in landfill gas production rates relat ive to the control cell of 20 to 30% in specific yield. Total yields have e xceeded 113 m(3) t(-1).