RESEARCH ARTICLE
Coupled Analysis of Leachate Recirculation and Heat Transfer for a Landfill with Buried Waste Tyres
Huijie Zhang*, Zequan Li, Haixia Xu, Xinqian Guo, Huiling Wu, Junyi Sun
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 290
Last Page: 300
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-12-290
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501812010290
Article History:
Received Date: 21/3/2018Revision Received Date: 9/9/2018
Acceptance Date: 12/9/2018
Electronic publication date: 17/10/2018
Collection year: 2018
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Abstract
Background:
In bio-reactor landfills, both moisture and temperature have a significant impact on the bio-degradation processes. In order to speed up the leachate recirculation, a new drainage system is proposed to build a space network of bonded whole waste tyres in landfills.
Objective:
In this study, a coupled dual-permeability flow and the heat transfer model was constructed to study the interaction between leachate migration and temperature evolution.
Results and Conclusion:
The established model was applied to a simplified bio-reactor landfill and the simulation results demonstrated that the presence of waste tyres could significantly speed up the heat transfer. And the intermittent injection and the varying injection pressure might affect the distribution of temperature as well. Additionally, cooling the leachate injected could be another measure in avoiding the occurrence of hot spots in landfills.