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Contenido archivado el 2019-03-15

REDUCTION OF POLLUTION TO WATER BODIES BY TREATMENT OF LEACHATE FROM DOMESTIC WASTE IN LANDFILL SITES

Objetivo

TO STUDY PROCESS VARIABLES ON AN AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC PROCESS TREATING LANDFILL LEACHATES AND TO DEVELOP SIMPLIFIED CONTROL AND OPERATING STRATEGIES.

WRC WILL INSTALL A DATA AQUISITION AND CONTROL FACILITY ON ITS RESEARCH UNIT AT THE UGLEY (ESSEX) LANDFILL SITE. DATA LOGGING AND CONTROL WILL BE APPLIED TO WRC'S PILOT SCALE AEROBIC (28 M3) AND ANAEROBIC (10 M3) PLANT. BY CONTROL OF CERTAIN VARIABLES SUCH AS LEACHATE FEEDRATE AND NUTRIENT ADDITION, THEY WILL PERFORM STATISTICALLY VALID EXPERIMENTS BY MAINTENING CERTAIN VARIABLES AT PRESENT LEVELS. THE EQUIPMENT WILL ENABLE THE WRC TO EVALUATE THE VIABILITY AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC PROCESSES UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS.

EQUIPMENT ON THE AEROBIC SYSTEM TO MONITOR OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS AND PH, REDOX, AMMONIA AND TEMPERATURE VARIATION WILL BE INSTALLED AND EVALUATED FOR THEIR APPLICABILITY FOR PROCESS CONTROL IN AEROBIC LEACHATE TREATMENT. A PROGRAMME OF WORK WILL BE DEVISED TO FACILITATE THE AUTOMATIC AQUISITION OF DATA FROM THE MONITORING EQUIPMENT. THE FORM OF DATA STORAGE WILL BE SUCH AS TO ALLOW DATA PROCESSING AND INTERPRETATION TO BE FORMED.

THE PROJECT WILL BE INTERFACED WITH A CONCURRENT PROJECT INVOLVED WITH MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE LANDFILL SITE AS A BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM. THUS AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LEACHATE AS IT BECOMES MORE ACIDIC, AND POSSIBLY METHANOGENIC, WILL BE MADE.

DURING THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE PROJECT THE DETAILED CONCLUSION OF THE WORK WILL BE MADE. THE OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO ASSIST IN THE DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR LEACHATE TREATMENT. A SET OF HEURISTICS WILL BE GENERATED IN ORDER TO ENABLE THIS TYPE OF PROCESS TO BE APPLIED IN SITUATIONS WHERE SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IS NOT PRACTICAL.

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Régimen de financiación

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinador

WRC plc
Aportación de la UE
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Dirección
Henley Road Medmenham
SL7 2HD Marlow - Buckinghamshire
Reino Unido

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