Biogas Production and Microbial Profile Data from Bioreactor Landfill Study

A 2026 study by Yunmin Zeng investigated municipal solid waste biodegradation in a simulated bioreactor landfill. The research measured biogas production potential and microbial community structures across different reaction periods and sample types. The dataset includes findings on key leachate markers like pH and TOC/TN ratio correlated with methane generation.

Use Cases

• Correlate leachate pH and TOC/TN ratio with methane generation process to forecast biogas output.
• Compare microbial community structures in leachate from different reaction periods and solid MSW samples to identify inhibition causes.
• Analyze the absence of Nitrospira in leachate and its impact on the nitrogen conversion cycle for system stability modeling.
• Model ammonia inhibition effects on acetate-utilizing methanogenic archaea activity to predict decreased methane generation.

Strengths

• Reported biogas production potential of 74.36 L kg−1 and digestion rate constant of 0.0359 days−1.
• Identified specific TOC/TN threshold (below 13) correlated with system instability and minimal gas output.
• Comparative microbial analysis between leachate and solid waste samples across reaction periods.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small (15.5 KB), indicating limited raw data or primarily summary statistics.
• No column names or sample data are provided, limiting direct analytical use.
• Findings are based on a single bioreactor simulation, limiting generalizability to real-world landfill conditions.

Provenance

Source

Yunmin Zeng via figshare.

Collection Method

Data generated from a bioreactor experiment simulating municipal solid waste landfill conditions.

Freshness

Last updated April 7, 2026.