Abstract
The study aims to investigate the feasibility of anaerobic co-landfilling of effluent treatment plant sludge (ETPS) from paper mill and municipal solid waste (MSW) in prismoidal shaped simulated anaerobic landfill bioreactors. Both ETPS and MSW were co-disposed in 0:100 (R1), 25:75 (R2), 50:50 (R3) and 75:25 (R4) ratios. Periodic assessments of leachate characteristics and biomethane production were carried out for 300 days. ETPS co-disposal with MSW showed considerable reduction in biochemical oxygen demand of leachate (R2: 95.9%, R3: 97.5% and R4: 93.2%). Moreover, cumulative methane gas generations were 2.974, 6.085 and 4.653 times more in R2, R3 and R4 bioreactors as compared to R1. Gompertz growth model was found in well-fitting for methane generation with the observed data. Correlogram plotted among leachate parameters exhibited exclusive relationships and justified leachate trends. This simulation of co-landfilling could be baseline study for the implementation of technology at pilot scale.
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