ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Influence of Energy Recovery from Waste
on Landfill Gas: A Case Study from Korea
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Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology,
Seoul, South Korea
Submission date: 2017-08-27
Final revision date: 2017-12-08
Acceptance date: 2017-12-17
Online publication date: 2018-06-25
Publication date: 2018-07-09
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Seung-Kyu Chun
Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, 01811 Seoul, Korea (South)
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(6):2613-2622
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In order to conceive of an efficient way to manage a landfill, we conducted an exemplary study of the
Sudokwon Landfill Site in South Korea, with particular regard to the influence of energy recovery from
waste. As a result of the BMP test, biogas production of demolition waste was much lower than household
waste even in the same waste type. Gas production from the residual substance of energy recovery from
waste (ash), waste soil, and the sludge landfill cover material was almost zero, but the solidified sludge
showed 4.1 times greater than digested sludge due to the fewer pozzolanic reactions. Lysimeter test results
show that the total amount of landfill gas was reduced to about 1/27 when combustible waste is buried after
the recovery of energy, but, in order to be able to completely eliminate the landfill gas collecting system
in a newly managed landfill, solidified sludge should not be disposed of in the landfill site. In addition,
the maximum concentration of hydrogen sulfide was 60.9×103 ppm, when total waste was mixed and
landfilled. However, the concentration of hydrogen sulfide decreased to about 1/6 and the total load largely
decreased to about 0.9% when applied to landfill waste after energy recovery.