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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Dhanbad (India), Energy (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.energy.
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ANOVA study is done for composition of municipal solid waste at Dhanbad city
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1 Qualitative determination of energy potential and methane generation from Municipal Solid
3 Drake Mboowaa, Shireen Quereshib, Chiranjit Bhattacharjeeb, Kukeera Tonnya, Suman Duttab*
5 Kampala, Uganda.
8 Abstract
9 Methane generation from waste landfills is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. The
10 purpose of this study was twofold: (i) to investigate methane concentration from Municipal Solid
11 Waste (MSW) at three landfills in Dhanbad city, India and (ii) to evaluate the amount of energy
12 that could be recovered based on the MSW characteristics if it were to be incinerated. The waste
13 samples were collected and analysed for composition, energy content, and methane concentration.
14 Results from MSW characterisation revealed that the main component of Dhanbad MSW is
15 organic waste, which made up to 75% of the waste by weight. Methane concentration and
16 moisture content from Railway station (site 1) and Memco-more (site 2 and site 3) measured as
17 140.53, 18.18 and 20.28 ppm methane/g waste and 25.49, 3.40 and 2.96% dry weight respectively.
18 The calorific value for the waste samples ranged between 10.7 to 13.0 MJ/kg. These findings
19 confirm that the methane generated at the sites can be used for energy recovery. Additionally, the
20 energy content of the MSW suggests that it is a suitable feedstock that can be utilized for electricity
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23 Key words: Dhanbad city; Municipal solid waste; Waste landfills; Methane generation; Energy
24 content
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26 1. Introduction
27 Global warming has been and is still a global concern whose reduction has been a subject of debate
28 for the past decades. Globally, municipal solid waste (MSW), is one of the biggest contributors to
29 global warming, with recent estimates at 16 % greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [1]. Among other
30 ways, reduction of GHG emissions and hence global warming is through, quantification of methane
31 emission from landfills. Various studies show that methane can be used as green energy source.
32 Hydrogen is produced via steam reforming of methane (SRM) and high temperature water gas shift
33 reaction [2]. Abánades et al. [3] mentioned three state-of-the-art methane pyrolysis processes such
34 as direct thermal cracking, catalysed methane cracking, combined thermal and electrochemistry
35 methods. In this study, accurate assessment of MSW composition, estimation of methane emissions
36 by laboratory scale anaerobic digestion of organic waste as well as energy content of MSW were
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39 Dhanbad city, located in the eastern part of India has a population of 2.68 million people [4], and
40 this population is estimated at 3.9% growth rate per annum. Such a growth rate has resulted in an
41 increase in the amount of waste generated. Municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, collection,
42 treatment, and disposal activities pose an environmental problem to the city. Currently, 440 tons of
43 MSW are generated daily in the Municipal Corporation jurisdiction and the responsible agencies
44 collect about 165 tons [5]. This represents approximately 37% of the total waste generated. The
45 remaining uncollected waste is normally disposed of in unauthorized sites, leading to health and
46 environmental problems. This calls for city authorities to develop an integrated approach for solid
47 waste management through frequent waste collection, recycling and combustion in order to recover
48 energy from this waste. Power generation from MSW is possible using an incineration plant [6].
49 Regrettably, for such approaches to work, basic data on the characteristics of the waste produced is
50 central.
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51 The landfills in Dhanbad are mainly non-engineered low-lying open dumps that have neither
52 bottom liners nor leachate collection and treatment systems. Compaction and leveling of waste and
53 final covering by earth are not done, and these sites lack a landfill gas monitoring and collection
54 equipment [7,8]. Such a waste management system is a threat as it results in higher methane
55 emissions if the gas is not flared or recovered [9]. It also gives rise to serious environmental
56 degradation accruing from air pollution, surface, and underground water pollution [10].
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58 Since methane gas liberated from landfills account for the anthropogenic sources in the world,
59 therefore, estimation of methane gas generation is vital to provide a basis for evaluation and
60 formulation of energy recovery counter measures. This way, reduction in the atmospheric
61 concentration of methane can be reduced. International procedures based on models such as First
62 order model [11], Mass balance model [12], LandGEM [13], EPER model France (ADEME) etc.
63 have already been put into place by the United Nations to ensure qualitative estimation of methane
64 emission from landfills. These models require harmonization since they provide results with huge
65 differences, hence doubting their accuracy [14]. The amount (mass) and rates of methane
66 generation depend on many factors that are difficult to quantify and these vary from site to site [9].
67 Onsite measurement tools that quantify methane gas generation are expensive and scarce in
68 developing countries. Most studies use models based on the available data and provide erroneous
69 results. Hence, the objectives of this study is to qualitatively determine the methane gas generation
70 from selected waste landfills in Dhanbad City using a gas chromatography equipped with a Flame
71 Ionization Detector (GC-FID) method and to evaluate the amount of energy that could be
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76 Dhanbad is the largest city in Jharkhand state and covers a total area of 2041.62 km2. It is bounded
77 by latitude 86°07´ and 86°50´ E and longitude 24°37´ and 24°02´N (Fig. 1). The area experiences
78 five climate seasons namely spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, and winter season. The
79 temperatures normally range from 2°C to 40°C but can stretch to 47°C in summer and −4°C in
80 winter. The city lacks a defined landfill site and hence waste is dumped in non-engineered low-
81 lying landfills. There are no scavenger activities at these sites and they lack a leachate treatment
82 plant.
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84 This study was conducted on three main landfill sites, with two sites located in Memco-more, a
85 suburb of Dhanbad city, and another site at Dhanbad railway station (Fig. 2). The site at the railway
86 station mainly comprised of organic waste since it was next to a very busy market, while sites in
87 Memco-more mainly comprised of inorganic materials since most of the waste disposed of at those
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91 This consisted of sample collection, sorting of various materials and laboratory analysis to
92 determine MSW composition. The method of sampling was based on ASTM D5231 [15] and
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95 We collected 10 waste samples from site 1 (Railway station), site 2 and site 3 (Memco-more) were
96 randomly in summer (September to October) and autumn season (November to December) when
97 the average temperature was 35-30°C. For each sample, sorting was done and waste was separated
98 into organics, hard plastics, metals, papers, soft plastics (polythene), glass, textiles & leather and
99 others. It was then weighted and the amount of different waste fractions were recorded. The
100 organic fraction was then thoroughly mixed and spread out by hand on a 5 by 2 m grid, from which
101 10 samples of 1 kg each were randomly picked per grid. These 10 samples were then thoroughly
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102 mixed and a final 1 kg sample was drawn and taken to the laboratory for anaerobic digestion,
103 proximate and ultimate analysis. This exercise was repeated for all the 30 randomly collected
104 samples from sites 1,2 and 3 on each sampling day and average values were taken.
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106 For energy analysis, 500 g of unsorted MSW was collected and taken to the laboratory. This
107 procedure was done in triplicates for all the landfills that are described in this study and was
108 repeated once a week for four months. Therefore, for all the sampling day 16 samples were
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112 From each of the three landfills, 10 organic waste samples were prepared to produce gas at
113 anaerobic conditions. About 30 g of organic waste sample from each of the three sites were
114 transferred into 250 ml plastic bottles (digester), 50 ml of distilled water gently added and the
115 bottle tightly capped. The samples were left to stand at room temperature (32°C ± 3°C) and
116 analyzed after 10 days of digestion. Gas samples of 10 µl were collected from the digester using a
117 syringe and immediately injected to Gas chromatography (GC) analyser for composition analysis.
118 This experiment was done in triplicates for each sample and average values noted.
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121 The gas produced by anaerobic digestion was analyzed for methane gas using Varian CP-3800
122 Gas chromatography (GC) equipped with a Flame Ionization Detector (FID). The column was
123 WCOT fused silica (50 m x 0.25 mm ID). Coating CP-SIL 8CB (5% phenyl; 95% di-methyl
124 polysiloxane), D.F 0.12. The carrier and make up gas was high purity gas nitrogen at 1 ml/min.
125 The column oven was programmed at an initial temperature of 50°C held at 3 minutes, then
126 50°C to 200°C at a rate of 20°C/min. The oven was then held at 200°C for 3 minutes. The
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127 injector was set at 200°C; split ratio of 1:10. The FID detector was set at 240°C at a range of
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130 The GC was calibrated with the known concentration of pure methane. The methane gas peaks
131 were formed and the area under their graphs noted. A calibration curve was plotted as the
132 concentration of methane (ppm) vs. area under the curve (mV.s). The actual amounts of methane
133 gas emitted by the organic waste samples were measured using this calibration curve.
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136 Proximate analysis was done on the organic waste samples to determine the gross component of
137 moisture, volatile matter, fixed carbon, and ash content. The moisture content was determined in
138 accordance with ASTM E1756-08 standard [17]. Organic waste sample of 5 g was placed in an
139 oven at 105°C for 2 hours. The sample was then cooled in a desiccator and reweighed. The
140 difference in weight difference denoted the moisture content expressed as a percentage. The
141 volatile matter was determined following the ASTM standard E-872 [18]. The aforementioned
142 organic sample used for moisture determination was covered in a crucible and heated in a furnace
143 for 2 hours. The crucible was later taken out of the furnace and cooled in a desiccator and
144 reweighed. The weight difference was taken as volatile matter. Ash content was determined by
145 placing the remaining organic sample from volatile matter calculations in the furnace at 575°C for
146 an hour for combustion following a procedure as described by ASTM D1102, 2013 [19]. All
147 carbon was burnt, and the sample was cooled in a desiccator and then reweighed. The weight
148 difference was taken as the ash content. Fixed carbon in fuel was determined by the subtraction 100
149 from the moisture, volatile matter, and ash contents. Proximate analysis was done in triplicates and
152 Where: FC - Fixed carbon, M - Moisture, VM -Volatile matter and ASH – remaining ash
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153 Ultimate analysis was done on a using the CHNS analyser (type: Vario micro cube) which employs
154 classic oxidation, decomposition, and reduction technique. Organic sample of 0.5 g was dried at
155 105°C for 3 hours, cooled in the desiccators, and then grounded to powder form by using pestle and
156 mortal and later formed into pellets. The pellets were then put in the CHNS analyser to determine
157 the percentage composition of C, H, N and S. Oxygen (O) was calculated by difference from C, H,
159
161 The calorific value of the MSW was determined using GallenKamp autobomb. An amount of 100 g
162 MSW was collected from each landfill site, dried and ground into small particles. 1 g of these
163 particles was weighed, sieved and compressed formed into pellets. The pellets were placed in the
164 sample pan of the bomb calorimeter one at a time and the energy content of the sample was
165 determined following the procedure by Jesup in 1960 [21]. This experiment was done in triplicates
166 for each landfill site and average values were taken.
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169 The results obtained through this study are given in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4. The collected data was
170 analyzed using R statistical software. Two-way ANOVA and Tukey tests were used at 95%
171 confidence interval to check whether there was any statistical difference in the results obtained
173
175 The mean percentage of waste composition (by weight) for the Dhanbad city as obtained from
176 three landfills (Table 1) revealed that the most dominant waste fraction is the organic waste
177 (75%). The other fractions weighed as, hard plastics (7.7%), metals (0.3%), papers (0.6%), soft
178 plastics (13%), glass (0.5%), textiles and leather (2.4%) and others (0.5%). These results are far
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179 different from those reported for other Indian cities like Kolkata [22], Varanasi city [23] and
180 Aurangabad City [24]. Therefore, studies that assume average values of waste composition for
181 Indian cities may result into erroneous results. This is because waste composition depends on a
182 wide range of factors such as food habits, cultural traditions, lifestyles, climate, and income, etc.
183 [8].
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185 Two-way ANOVA showed a significant difference (P<0.001) in organics, hard and soft
186 plastics among the different sites whereas no significant difference (P>0.05) between sites 2 &
187 3 was showed. Tukey test revealed that organic fraction of site 1 was significantly greater
188 (P<0.001) than that of site 2 & 3, while site 2 and 3 was significantly greater (P<0.001) in hard
189 and soft plastics as compared to site1. Two-way ANOVA revealed that there was no significant
190 difference (P>0.005) in metals, others, and glass; however, a significant difference (P<0.05)
191 was showed for textiles and leather. Further analysis with the Tukey test revealed that site 2
192 had more leather and textiles followed by site 3 and lastly site 1.
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194 Railway station, site 1 had more organics (92%) followed by Memco-more, site 3 (69%) and then
195 Memco-more, site 2 (64%). This can be attributed to the food consumption and social activity at
196 the railway station. For example, there are many restaurants where the majority of the people and
197 workers have their meals and refreshments. There is also a big market where agricultural products
198 are sold, and these contribute to the high percentage of organic waste. This is contrary to Memco-
199 more site 2 and 3 which are situated in areas which are sparsely populated and there are little
200 activities that contribute to organic waste. Metals, papers, glass, textiles & leather and others had
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203 Site 2 and 3 had more plastics, metal, paper, textiles & leather, and others as compared to site 1.
204 The high percentage of plastic can be explained by increasing the number of packaging factories
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205 in Dhanbad city and the cost of packaging with plastics being cheaper than with paper, textiles of
206 organic materials. The high percentage of recyclable materials at the landfill sites 2 and 3
207 revealed that there is a need to set up recycling facilities at these landfill sites. The recovery
208 process can be considered as one of the suitable methods to handle and reduce the high volume
209 of plastic and other recyclable materials [25]. There is not much difference between the amount
210 of paper waste in site 2 and site 3, but the percentage is higher than that of site 1. This may be
211 attributed to the increase in the number of schools, offices, and commercial areas that are
212 neighboring those sites. The large variation in the amount of textiles & leather with site 2 having
213 a higher percentage followed by site 3 and then site 1, is largely due to the growing population
214 around site 2. As the population increases, more textile & leather materials will be on demand for
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218 Two-way ANOVA indicated a significant difference (P<0.001) in MC, ASH, VM, and FC
219 obtained from the three landfill sites. Tukey test showed that MC from site 1 (Table 2) was
220 significantly greater (P<0.001) than that of site 2 & 3. However, there was no significant
221 difference (P>0.05) in MC, ASH, VM, and FC obtained from site 2&3.
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223 Moisture content on a dry basis for the three landfill sites was approximately 10% dry weight. The
224 results were low as the study was carried out in summer and early autumn when the temperatures
225 (40 – 45°C) were high. This observation was similar in other studies as reported by some other
226 researchers [26-28]. Moisture content was high at Railway station, site 1 as compared to Memco-
227 more, site 2 and 3. This is attributed to the presence of a higher percentage of agricultural and food
228 waste and presence of a stream of water that passes through it at Railway station, site 1.
229 Municipal solid waste of site 2 and 3 presented high volatile solids of 54.82% dry weight, fixed
230 carbon of 11.69% dry weight and ash content of 30.31% dry weight, as compared to site 1 with
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231 volatile solids of 45.28% dry weight, fixed carbon of 4.53% dry weight and ash content of 24.71%
232 dry weight. This high volatile matter from the landfill sites showed that the amount of organic
233 matters was high since it ranged from 69 to 92% of the total waste from the three landfill sites. This
234 high volatile solid is an indicator that high heat energy can be produced from such waste. Site 2 and
235 3 had more fixed carbon as compared to site 1 and this implied that fuels from site 2 and 3 require
236 longer retention time in the combustion chamber for complete combustion as compared with fuel
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239 The volatile matter ranged between 56.22 and 45.28 for the three sites wt. % dry basis, while
240 Ash ranged between 24.71 to 31.69 wt. % dry basis and the fixed carbon ranged between 4.53 to
241 11.89 wt. % dry basis. Site 1 had higher moisture content because it is located next to a drainage
242 channel and one of the streams contributing to the flow of that channel passes through it, as
243 opposed to site 2 and 3 which are located on a dry free land. Usually, the low moisture content is
244 expected during summer, and it is the season in which this study was carried out.
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246 The ash content from the three landfill sites ranged between 24-29 wt.% dry basis. In comparison
247 with the standard ash content (5-15 wt.% dry basis) as reported by US.EPA [30] recommended for
248 incineration, this was quite high. High ash content was attributed to the high amount of inert
250
251 The ultimate analysis results showed no significant difference (P>0.05) in the elemental
252 composition of organic waste in all landfills (Table 3). The average carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
253 sulphur and oxygen of the municipal solid waste constituted approximately 31.3, 3.9, 1.2, 0.2 and
254 24.3%, respectively. The hydrogen, sulphur, and nitrogen amounts were low while there was little
255 high oxygen and carbon amounts. The high carbon was attributed to a large amount of organic
256 matter in the organic waste. These results and findings are in agreement and comparison with those
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257 from other sources as reported by some researcher [31,32] at Phetchaburi province in Thailand and
258 Panjab (India). However, they were also quite different from those reported by Chiang Mai Green
259 Energy Co., Ltd. at Chiang Mai University in 2012 [33] (Table 3).
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262 Based on laboratory analysis result, the calorific value on the dry basis was found to be of highest
263 value approximately 13.0 MJ/kg at site 3 followed by site 2 (12.2 MJ/kg), and lastly, site 1 (10.7
264 MJ/kg). According to GIZ and PCD (2011) [34], solid waste with a calorific value of 11-17 MJ/kg
265 or more is highly recommended for use as refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Therefore, waste from all the
266 landfill sites qualify to be used as fuel. The calorific value was relatively high because of the
267 presence of less amount of inert materials in the municipal solid waste. Such calorific value result
268 also compares with the value of 11MJ/Kg, obtained from UK municipal solid waste [35].
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271 Methane concentration for the three landfill sites was analyzed by Gas Chromatograph in Parts
272 per million (ppm). The average methane concentration values were observed highest at site 1 as
273 140.53 ppm methane/g waste while site 2 and site 3 measured 18.18 ppm methane/g waste and
274 20.28 ppm methane/g waste respectively. These values are sufficient for utilisation in electricity
275 production through combustion processes that use the Organic Rankine Cycle or through the use of
276 a biogas generator [36]. Two-way ANOVA indicated a significant difference (P<0.001) in
277 methane concentration obtained from the three landfill sites. Further analysis of this difference
278 using the Tukey test revealed that the methane concentration from site 1 was significantly
279 greater (P<0.001) than that of site 2 & 3. However, there was no significant difference (P>0.05)
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282 This was attributed to a high percentage of moisture content and organic materials observed at site
283 1 as compared to site 2 and site 3. Gurijala and Suflita [37] also reported that higher methane
284 emission was quantified at higher moisture contents in landfill areas, while Kazuyuki & Katsuyuki
285 [38] reported that organic matter application had an effect on methane emission from some
286 Japanese paddy fields, with high organic matter application producing more methane gas and vice
287 versa. However, the methane quantities concentration is also affected by ash content. Site 1 with
288 lower fractions of ash content, has the highest values of methane concentration and vice versa for
289 site 2 & 3. This observation agrees with many studies of biochar and charcoal [39,40].
290
291 4. Conclusions
292 The analysis of the physical composition of municipal solid waste generated in Dhanbad city
293 showed that on average it mostly comprises of organic waste. Based on the results, there is a
294 correlation between moisture content, composition of the organic waste and the quantity of
295 methane gas emissions. The more the moisture content and organic waste composition and less the
296 ash content, the higher the methane gas produced, hence Railway station site 1 produced more
297 methane concentration than Memco-more site 2 & 3. Since methane gas is one of the major
298 contributors to global warming, mitigation steps must be undertaken to trap it and be used a source
299 of green energy. The concentration of methane at tall the three sites suggest that the landfills can be
300 utilized for energy production; however, more research needs to be carried out concerning techno-
301 economic evaluation. The low moisture content indicated that the sampled waste was suitable for
302 combustion, other than composting and other biological waste management methods, hence
303 suitable for energy production. The average energy content in municipal solid waste from the three
304 landfills was approximately 11.97 MJ/kg. This compares to about 69.4% of energy from pure
305 biomass and about 31.3% of the energy of bituminous coal. An integrated solid waste management
306 scheme for Dhanbad city is recommended so as to harness energy from solid waste as a
307 supplementary energy to the existing national grid and natural gas industry. This can help to reduce
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308 the over-dependence on fossil fuel and also the production of clean energy which is healthier to the
309 environment as well as providing jobs to the local who will be engaged in collection, sorting,
310 recycling and composting of the municipal solid waste. Further studies are recommended for the
311 same study during the winter, monsoon, spring and fall seasons to come up with a general
312 conclusion on the viability of such a project. More research and data is required so as to design and
313 construct engineered landfill site for Dhanbad city as a way of managing the waste generated in the
314 city.
315
316 5. Acknowledgement
317 The authors thank Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing
318 Countries (NAM S&T Centre) for initiating the collaboration and sponsoring the research. They
319 also thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
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409 Fig. 2: Location of three sites and our institute (Google map)
410 Fig. 3: Calorific Value of MSW collected from three different sites
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413 Table 1: Composition of MSW from Dhanbad by percentage weight (Mean ± standard deviation)
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deviation)
Table 2: Results of proximate analysis of different waste samples (organic fractions) from three
landfill sites
DB – Dry basis.
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Table 3: Results of ultimate analysis of municipal solid waste (Mean ± Standard deviation)
Area N (%, DB) C (%, DB) H (%, DB) S (%, DB) O (%, DB)
Railway station, site 1 1.4 ± 0.1 27.1 ± 0.4 3.4 ± 0.3 0.3 ± 0.0 17.6 ± 0.0
Memco-more, site 2 1.1 ± 0.1 32.2 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.8 0.1 ± 0.0 27.7 ± 0.0
Memco-more, site 3 1.2 ± 0.0 34.6 ± 1.8 4.6 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.0 27.5 ± 0.0
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DB – Dry basis.
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Table 4: Methane generation from solid waste collected from three different sites
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