Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Landfill emissions, particularly methane leaks detected by satellite, are drawing great attention in the last years as a mean for evaluate their contribution to the global warming effect. In contrast, models like IPCC often overestimate landfill methane emissions, prompting verification and mitigation system evaluation. Methane's higher warming capacity than carbon dioxide underscores the importance of promoting its oxidation as it traverses landfill layers. This oxidation raises the CH4-13C/12C ratio via bacterial biooxidation. This study quantified this fractionation using soil and surface gas samples from Spanish landfills and their degassing systems. Sampling relied on walkover surveys collecting samples in Tedlar bags, to analyze isotopic signals in the laboratory using WS-CRDS. Fractionation factors (alpha) ranged from 1.020 to 1.030, while the oxidized fraction (fox) spanned from no oxidation to 55% (delta 13C of - 45.83 parts per thousand). Each ratio correlates with emission types like fugitive and dispersed emissions on plateaus, berms, slopes, sealing cracks, or pits. Understanding the methane oxidized fraction in each landfill is relevant for greenhouse gas emission model integration.
Authors: Fuente García-Soto, María del Mar de la, Narros Sierra, Adolfo, Sánchez Calderón, Carlos, Rodríguez Hurtado, María Encarnación
Language: English
Subfield: Waste Management and Disposal
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7073857649
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