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Heat is generated from decomposition of wastes as a result of chemical and biological processes in aerated landfills. The purpose of this study was to assess temperature and predict its variations in an aerated landfill. In the phase of aeration, temperature was increased slightly from 30 to 34oC until 65 days and then increased significantly from 34 to 74oC by termination of aeration. It indicates that the amount of oxygen supplied in the starting phase of aeration was insufficient to decompose organic carbon because oxygen supplied in the landfill was only consumed for methane oxidation. Additionally, to minimize the risk of self-ignition, drying and process inhibition, aerated landfills should be operated in a temperature range of 54 ~ 66oC through cooling by water addition and terminating or excessive oxygen supply. In this study, a stoichiometric modeling approach considering methane oxidation and decomposition of organic carbon has been suggested for predicting temperature variations in aerated landfills. As a result, the predicted temperature variations obtained the stoichiometric modeling led to similar results compared with measured temperature in aerated landfill. Therefore, it showed that the stoichiometric approach was appropriate for predicting temperature variation in aerated landfills. In addition, heat generation rates for methane oxidation and decomposition of organic carbon were 89.5 and 387.8 MJ/m3·yr, respectively.
