KINETIC CONSTANTS OF DECOMPOSITION OF THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PRIOR TO AND AFTER MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING FIELD SCALE

摘要

One of the major tasks of municipal waste management in European Union countries is the systematic reduction of waste that is removed and transported to landfills. This refers particularly to biodegradable waste. One of the methods employed to decrease waste amount is Mechanical-Biological Treatment (MBT) of the waste, before it is stored.The article presents characteristics of MSW and biologically pre-treated municipal solid waste, organic carbon loads emitted in biogas and leachate during waste deposition in a landfill. Its decomposition rate constants were determined on the basis of modified Zacharof and Butler's stochastic model. The values of decomposition rate constants determined for MSW had similar change trends to those presented in the literature: the hydrolysis constant had the lowest value (2.6 x 10~(-5) d~(-1)), the highestacid phase constant (4.1 x 10~4 d~(-1)), while the methane phase constant - 2.2 x 10~4 d~(-1). The PMSW decomposition rate constants in each anaerobic waste degradation phase had similar change trends, though their values were higher, by 21, 11 and 19%,respectively.