G. Boari et al., ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION OF OLIVE OIL MILL EFFLUENT PRETREATED AND STORED IN MUNICIPAL SOLID-WASTE SANITARY LANDFILLS, Water science and technology, 28(2), 1993, pp. 27-34
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil
Sanitary landfills of municipal solid waste (MSW) might be used to red
uce the storage volume required at plants giving year-round treatment
of olive oil mill effluent (OME). A landfill in the methanogenic stage
could act as an anaerobic filter and reduce the pollutional load of t
he OME while also acting as a temporary storage tank. In the present w
ork, a lysimeter in pilot scale was used to simulate a cell of a sanit
ary landfill. It was filled with MSW screened by a 80 mm mesh sieve mi
xed to municipal sludge. Results show that when OME was spread on the
top of the lysimeter at a loading rate not exceeding 0.4 kgCOD/d/m3 of
reactor steady methanogenic activity was maintained in the layers of
refuse and a 70% removal of COD was obtained in the OME leachate colle
cted. Higher loading rates reduced methanogenic activity and COD remov
al efficiency. Nevertheless, the OME collected from the bottom of the
landfill was more easily treated by anaerobic digestion than was the r
aw OME.