Dynamic two-way guide and drainage control method for leachate and landfill gas

• US 20180154408A1
• Filed: 12/05/2017
• Published: 06/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
• Original Assignee: Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
• Inventors: Ko, Jae Hac, Xu, Qiyong, Yang, Fan
• Granted Patent: US 10,279,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 1/004 Covering of dumping sites
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 1/006 Shafts or wells in waste dumps
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 2101/02 Gases or liquids enclosed in discarded articles, e.g. aerosol cans or cooling systems of refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 3/00 Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 3/80 involving an extraction step
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 5/00 Operations not covered by a single other subclass or by a single other group in this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2103/06 Contaminated groundwater or leachate
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/16 Devices for separating oil, water or grease from sewage in drains leading to the main sewer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/30 Landfill technologies aiming to mitigate methane emissions

Abstract

Provided is a dynamic two-way guide and drainage control method for leachate and landfill gas. The dynamic two-way guide and drainage control method is used in a waste landfill. By implementing the present invention, the water-guiding permeability inside the waste body is improved, and the problems that the water level of the leachate is raised, the landfill gas is escaped, the collection efficiency is extremely low and the like during a waste landfilling process at present are solved.

Claims

1. A dynamic two-way guide and drainage control method for leachate and landfill gas, which is used in a waste landfill and is characterized in that a plurality of main pipes are pre-buried on a bottom of the waste landfill;

the waste landfill respectively communicates with a landfill gas bottom collection system and a leachate collection system through the plurality of the main pipes, wherein the landfill gas bottom collection system comprises a vacuum pump positioned out of the waste landfill, and a gas discharging pipe penetrated into the bottom of the waste landfill and communicating the vacuum pump with the plurality of the main pipes;

the leachate collection system comprises a guiding-discharging pipe penetrated into the bottom of the waste landfill and communicating with the plurality of the main pipes; and

the guiding-discharging pipe is positioned below the gas discharging pipe and is provided with a control valve thereon;

the method comprises;

a. determining a current landfilling stage of the waste landfill, wherein the landfilling stage comprises a landfilling initial stage, a landfilling middle stage and a landfilling later stage; and

b. according to the determined current landfilling stage of the waste landfill, performing corresponding pretreatment on a waste body in the waste landfill and selecting the landfill gas bottom collection system and the leachate collection system to respectively enter a corresponding working state, wherein each of the working states is an open state or a closed state.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step a concretely comprises;

when the waste body piling height in the waste landfill is one-third smaller than a preset total landfilling height of the waste landfill, determining the current landfilling stage of the waste landfill as the landfilling initial stage;

when the waste body piling height in the waste landfill is one-third greater than the preset total landfilling height of the waste landfill but is smaller than the preset total landfilling height of the waste landfill, determining the current landfilling stage of the waste landfill as the landfilling middle stage; and

when the waste body piling height in the waste landfill is up to the preset total landfilling height of the waste landfill, determining the current landfilling stage of the waste landfill as the landfilling later stage.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step b concretely comprises:

when determining that the current landfilling stage of the waste landfill is in the landfilling initial stage or in the landfilling middle stage, covering a temporary covering layer for preventing rainwater infiltration on a top of the waste body entered the waste landfill at each time;

according to a preset aeration frequency, performing aeration pretreatment on the waste body entered at each time through a plurality of temporary aeration wells preset on a surface of the corresponding temporary covering layer thereof, and during each aeration pretreatment, selecting the landfill gas bottom collection system to enter the open state and opening the vacuum pump to implement landfill gas collection;

at the meantime, selecting the leachate collection system to enter the closed state and closing the control valve on the guiding-discharging pipe to stop the landfill gas (or outside air) from being discharged out (guided into) via the guiding-discharging pipe; and

after the aeration pretreatment at each time is finished, selecting the leachate collection system to enter the open state and opening the control valve on the guiding-discharging pipe to implement leachate collection.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the temporary covering layer is implemented by means of paving a certain thickness of high-density polyethylene films, waterproof clothes or clay on a top of the waste body.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the thickness covered by the high-density polyethylene films and the waterproof clothes is between 0.1 mm to 0.6 cm.

6. The met hod as claimed in claim 4, wherein the thickness covered by the clay is between 20 cm and 30 cm.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step b further concretely comprises:

when determining that the current landfilling stage of the waste landfill is in the landfilling later stage, covering a final covering layer for preventing the rainwater infiltration on a top and a lateral of the waste body of the waste landfill respectively, and drilling the final covering layer on the top of the waste body to erect a plurality of first gas extraction wells communicating with the vacuum pump;

selecting the landfill gas bottom collection system to enter the open state and opening the vacuum pump to implement the landfill gas collection; and

meanwhile, selecting the leachate collection system to enter the open state and opening the control valve on the guiding-discharging pipe to implement the leachate collection; and

until when the amount of the collected landfill gas is lower than a preset threshold, selecting the landfill gas bottom collection system to enter the closed state and closing the vacuum pump to stop the landfill gas collection.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

drilling at a middle position on the lateral of the waste body of the waste landfill to erect a plurality of second gas extraction wells or gas extraction channels communicating with the vacuum pump.

9. The met hod as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the final covering layers is implemented by means of paving a porous material gas discharging layer, a clay protective layer, the high-density polyethylene film and the clay on the top and the lateral of the waste body in sequence from the bottom up.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the leachate collection system further comprises a water-collecting well communicating with the guiding-discharging pipe.