Bioenergetic Potential of Landfill Leachate Co-digested with Livestock Waste

Abstract

Landfilling of solid waste has been the most preferred method for solid waste disposal due to technical feasibility, ease of operation, minimum supervisions and low operation expenditure. In this study, cattle manure was co-digested with different amounts of landfill leachate (30, 40, and 50 % v/v) to evaluate the production yield capacities of biogas, CH4 and the efficiency in the relationship Liters of CH4 /L of leached . The highest biogas yield was obtained from the treatment with 50% leachate dose (T3), produced 1466.75 mL of CH4 after 48 days of co-digestion with an efficiency of 7.33 L of CH4/L of leachate, while, in the bioreactor T1 (30%) the second best production of CH4 was obtained with 910.57 mL with the highest efficiency of 9.11 L of CH4/L of leachate. This allows inferring a high potential in the use of leachate in initiatives based on the circular economy in the face of the challenges of achieving sustainability in the efficient management of municipal urban waste.

Presenters

Hugo Romero
Environmental Chemisty, Industrial engineering , Universidad San Ignasio de Loyola , Perú, Peru

Angel Paul Jaramillo
Student, Thesis Student, Universidad Técnica de Machala, El Oro, Ecuador

Julian Alexander Jimenez Flores
Student, 8th, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola , Lima, Peru

Adrian Alarcon Valle
Student, 8th, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru

Luz María Cano
Head of Bioenergy and Industrial Sustainability Research Group, Industrial Engineering Program, San Ignacio University, Lima, Peru

Cristhian Vega Quezada
Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Universidad Técnica de Machala, El Oro, Ecuador

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

2023 Special Focus—Decentering Sustainability: Towards Local Solutions for Global Environmental Problems

KEYWORDS

CIRCULAR ECONOMY, LANDFILL LEACHATE, SUSTAINABLE TREATMENT, BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT