Effect of sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint waste on the degradation of anaerobic bioreactor landfill components

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dc.contributor.authorKaratt Vellatt, Vijeshen
dc.contributor.committeechairNovak, John T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGoldsmith, C. Douglas Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRandall, Clifford W.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:26Zen
dc.date.adate2007-06-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:26Zen
dc.date.issued2007-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2007-06-25en
dc.date.sdate2007-05-03en
dc.description.abstractAnaerobic bioreactor landfills are the landfills with an increased moisture content in order to achieve a better biodegradation. Many Bioreactor landfills accept outside liquid wastes to achieve a higher moisture content . But the effect of these wastes on the degradation of landfill components is not known. In this study, the effect of sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint waste on the degradation of landfill components was investigated. Sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint wastes in different concentrations were added to the combination of paper, cardboard, office paper and plastic with a total moisture content of 70%. The samples were incubated, sampled and analytical parameters analyzed. Sugar waste having a COD of 250,000 mg/L in a concentration of even 5% of the total weight was found inhibitive due to a drop in pH and accumulation of volatile fatty acids. Reactors with surfactant concentrations ranging from 50 mg/L to 500 mg/L showed that a higher concentration of 500 mg/L or above may be inhibitive in nature and the inhibition increases with increase in the concentration of surfactant. However, paint waste with a concentration of even 7.5% highly inhibited the degradation in the reactors. This could possibly be because of some toxicity.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05032007-150339en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05032007-150339/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42439en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartvijeshkarattvellatt.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcelluloseen
dc.subjectSugaren
dc.subjectligninen
dc.subjectsurfactanten
dc.subjectpainten
dc.subjectdegradationen
dc.subjectlandfillen
dc.subjectanaerobicen
dc.titleEffect of sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint waste on the degradation of anaerobic bioreactor landfill componentsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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