title: Performance results from the Tucumán solid waste bioreactor.
abstract: Performance results obtained from a 6200 ton demonstration-scale anaerobic bioreactor, constructed on the Pacara Pintada Landfill in Tucumán, Argentina, are described. The operational aspects over a 30-month period for the Tucumán bioreactor demonstrate the ability to maintain the bioreactor in the mesophilic range, with the result that the generation and collection of the biogas has been maintained at accelerated rates with a rate constant of approximately 0.5 year(-1). Field measurements of metal concentrations in leachate indicated significant attenuation over time. Refuse subsidence, measured over a 28-month period, ranged from 4% to 19%, with an average of 11% subsidence across the Tucumán cell.
authors.affiliation: CRA Engineering Inc., Waterloo, Ont., Canada. emcbean@uoguelph.ca
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: McBean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Syed-Ritchie
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rovers
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D019149:Bioreactors; D004867:Equipment Design; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008697:Methane