Short tests to couple N2O emission mitigation and nitrogen removal strategies for landfill leachate recirculation

Dong Wu; Chao Wang; Jan Dolfing; Bing Xie

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.021

Short tests to couple N₂O emission mitigation and nitrogen removal strategies for landfill leachate recirculation

Dong Wu, Chao Wang, Jan Dolfing, Bing Xie^*

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Abstract

Landfills implemented with onsite leachate recirculation can efficiently remove pollutants, but currently they are reckoned as N₂O emission hot spots. In this project, we evaluated the relationship between N₂O emission and nitrogen (N) removal efficiency with different types of leachate recirculated. Nitrate supplemented leachate showed low N₂O emission rates with the highest N removal efficiency (~70%), which was equivalent to ~1% nitrogen emitted as N₂O. Although in nitrite containing leachates' N removal efficiencies also reached to ~60%, their emitted N₂O comprised ~40% of total removed nitrogen. Increasing nitrogen load promoted N₂O emission and N removal efficiency, except in ammonia type leachate. When the ratio of BOD to total nitrogen increased from 0.2 to 0.4, the N₂O emission flux from nitrate supplemented leachate decreased from ~25 to <0.5μgN/kg-soil·h. We argue prior to leachate in situ recirculation, sufficient pre-aeration is critical to mitigate N₂O surges and simultaneously enhance nitrogen removal efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-25
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	512-513
Early online date	19 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.021
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BOD/TN ratio
Leachate treatment
NO emission flux
Nitrogen form
Nitrogen load
Nitrogen removal

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