Instructor: Dr. Ed. Mc Bean (Conestoga-Rovers & Associates)
Audio: Recorded from a live Internet Seminar
Duration: 2 Hours
Price: $199
Abstract: Increasing demand placed upon existing sanitary landfills, coupled with difficulties associated with locating new facilities, have resulted in the consideration of a number of innovative technologies in the field of solid waste management. Bioreactor landfills are a new technology currently being employed on a number of sites to deal with municipal solid waste disposal issues. Essentially acting as biological reactors, these fully encased landfills employ extensive leachate recirculation to help expedite waste degradation significantly, and often the bioreactor system may be operated in such a way so as to increase landfill gas production rates.
This course contains an overview of the field of bioreactor landfill engineering, including: types of bioreactor landfills, information on design and operational considerations, MSW degradation and indicator trends, and a number of case studies that the course instructor has had direct involvement with. The discussion is geared towards environmental professionals who may not have a strong background in municipal solid waste management. A detailed list of references will be provided for participants who are interested in obtaining more technical information. The purpose of this course is to increase awareness and understanding of bioreactor landfill design, use, and operational methodologies.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the Key design components of a Bioreactor Landfill system, and the primary differences
between systems operated Aerobically versus Anaerobically. - Understand the four main stages of refuse decomposition, and general indicator trends associated
with each stage. - List the primary Bioreactor elements and give examples of some system components currently
being utilized in the field. - Understand the beneficial opportunities which may be realized by utilizing a Bioreactor landfilling
system in place of a conventional sanitary landfill. - Identify design and or operational concerns which must be addressed during construction of the
Bioreactor Landfill system.
