From a Literature Review to an Alternative Treatment System for Landfill Gas and Leachate

Rui Zhao, Tao Huang and Michael McGuire
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Rui Zhao: Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Tao Huang: Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Michael McGuire: Department of Engineering, University of Hull, East Yorkshire, HU6 7RX, UK

Challenges, 2012, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: This paper provides an alternative treatment system for landfill gas and leachate control in order to reduce the energy consumption and disposal cost, using the recycled landfill gas as the combustion promoter for incineration of the leachate. This study starts by providing a literature review to summarize and analyze different approaches being applied to landfill leachate treatment. Subsequently, a conceptual prototype is proposed, which can be built using existing technology by means of technical possibility analysis, whilst economic benefits could be returned through preliminary comparison. With the proposed introduction of a “waste treatment park”, this alternative treatment system could provide a template for leachate and landfill gas control. This study may provide an insight for landfill operators and engineers to promote the transformation from the conceptual framework to the real achievement. Finally, the limitations of the conceptual model and analysis are discussed, laying a foundation for further work.

Keywords: alternative treatment system; landfill leachate; landfill gas; conceptual prototype (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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