Construction and evaluation of simulated pilot scale landfill lysimeter in Bangladesh |
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| Authors: | Islam M Rafizul Milon Kanti Howlader Muhammed Alamgir |
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| Institution: | 1. Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh;2. Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany;3. University of Padova, Italy;1. Laboratory for Management, Treatment and Value of Waste (GTVD), University of Lomé, BP 1515 Lomé, Togo;2. Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement, Université de Limoges, ENSIL, 16 rue Atlantis, Parc ESTER Technopôle, 87068 Limoges Cedex, France;1. Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Faculty of Science, Autonomous University of Madrid, Campus Cantoblanco, C/Fco. Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049 Madrid, Spain;2. Unit of Soils Conservation and Recovery, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense, 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand;2. Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This research concentrates the design, construction and evaluation of simulated pilot scale landfill lysimeter at KUET campus, Khulna, Bangladesh. Both the aerobic and anaerobic conditions having a base liner and two different types of cap liner were simulated. After the design of a reference cell, the construction of landfill lysimeter was started in January 2008 and completed in July 2008. In all construction process locally available civil construction materials were used. The municipal solid waste (MSW) of 2800–2985 kg having the total volume of 2.80 m3 (height 1.6 m) and moisture content of 65% was deposited in each lysimeter by applying required compaction energy. In contrast, both the composition in terms of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) as well as the flow rate of landfill gas (LFG) generated from MSW in landfill lysimeter were measured and varied significantly in relation to the variation of lysimeter operational condition. Moreover, anaerobic lysimeter-C shows the highest composition of LFG in compare to the anaerobic lysimeter-B due to the providing of lower compaction of cap liner in anaerobic lysimeter-C. Here, it is interesting to note that in absence of compacted clay liner (CCL) and hence percolation of rainwater that facilitates rapid degradation of MSW in aerobic lysimeter-A has resulted in the highest settlement than that of anaerobic landfill lysimeter-B and C. Moreover, in case of anaerobic lysimeter-B and C, the leachate generation was lower than that of aerobic lysimeter-A due to the providing of cap liner in anaerobic lysimeter-B and C, played an important role to reduce the percolation of rainwater. The study also reveals that the leachate pollution index (LPI) has decreased in relation to the increasing of elapsed period as well as the LPI for collection system of aerobic lysimeter-A was higher than that of the collection system of anaerobic lysimeter-B and C. Finally, it can be depicted that LPI for lysimeter was significantly high and proper treatment will be necessary before discharging the lysimeter leachate into the water bodies. |
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