Final Project Agreement for the Yolo County Accelerated Anaerobic & Aerobic Composting (Bioreactor) ProjectFinal Project Agreement • September 30th, 2014
Contract Type FiledSeptember 30th, 2014The aerobic bioreactor differs from the anaerobic, as noted, in being a process of "in-landfill composting" by introducing air and water to the landfill. Recent representative references on aerobic bioreactor processes include Johnson and Baker, 1999 and Bernreuter and Stessel. 1999.
Final Project Agreement for the Yolo County Accelerated Anaerobic & Aerobic Composting (Bioreactor) ProjectFinal Project Agreement • September 30th, 2014
Contract Type FiledSeptember 30th, 2014These advantages of aerobic bioreactors are expected based on well-established fundamental scientific knowledge, but large-scale data to confirm advantages are limited. There are fewer key measurements to date on aerobic processes, and even basic data such as on material balances and flows are limited. However lysimeter tests, such as Stessel and Murphy, 1992 and other citations of Bernreuter and Stessel, 1999 are ongoing field operations show that landfilled waste is degraded aerobically by passing air and liquid through landfills. Remaining questions include how fast and completely landfilled waste can be composted aerobically. Potential drawbacks such as VOC and other emissions are not well established.