Title

An assessment of bioreactor landfill costs and benefits

Authors

Authors

N. D. Berge; D. R. Reinhart;E. S. Batarseh

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Waste Manage.

Keywords

SOLID-WASTE LANDFILL; MASS; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences

Abstract

Because effective operation of biorector landfills involves careful operation and construction of infrastructure beyond that necessary in traditional landfills, upfront capital and operating costs are greater than those associated With traditional landfills. Prior to investing in bioreactor landfills, landfill owners must be convinced that larger short-term expenses (e.g., liquid and/or air injection infrastructure) Will be balanced by future economic benefits (e.g., extension of landfill life, reduced leachate treatment costs, etc.). The purpose of this paper is to describe art economic model developed to evaluate the impact of various operational (anaerobic, aerobic, or hybrid) and construction (retrofit and as-built) bioreactor landfill strategies on project economics. Model results indicate retrofit bioreactor landfills are more expensive than traditional landfills, while both the as-built and aerobic bioreactor landfills are less Costly. Simulation results indicate the parameters that influence bioreactor economics most significantly are airspace recovery, gas recovery and subsequent Use to generate electricity. and savings resulting from reduced leachate treatment Costs. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Waste Management

Volume

29

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1558

Last Page

1567

WOS Identifier

WOS:000264977200015

ISSN

0956-053X

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