The effect of C:N:P ratio, volatile fatty acids and Na+ levels on the performance of an anaerobic treatment of fresh leachate from municipal solid waste transfer station

• Main Authors: Ghasimi, Seyed Mohammad Dara, Idris, Azni, Chuah, Teong Guan, Tey, Beng Ti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17074/1/17074.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17074/; http://academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/0F1518E9265
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Anaerobic digestion was carried out in this study to treat fresh leachate from municipal solid waste transfer station in a 10 L stirred tank reactor (STR). The treatment process was performed in batch and semi-continuous process. Palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludge was used as an inoculum. A high B...