Methane generation and microbial activity in a domestic refuse landfill site

✍ Scribed by K. L. Jones; J. F. Rees; J. M. Grainger

• Book ID: 104788070
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 380 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1432-0614
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00501516

✦ Synopsis

Carboxylic acid and sulphate concentrations, microbial activity as estimated by extracellular enzyme activities, and biogas production, at Aveley Landfill Site (Essex) were markedly influenced by refuse moisture content, which depended on the level of the water table. Cellulose:lignin ratios were indicative of cellulose disappearance and enzyme activity determinations may be a measure of the potential of landfill sites to produce biogas.