14 results on '"Florentino B. De la Cruz"'
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2. Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in In Situ Landfill Gas by Thermal Desorption–Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry
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Ivan A. Titaley, Florentino B. De la Cruz, Morton A. Barlaz, and Jennifer A. Field
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Ecology ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Environmental Chemistry ,Pollution ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2023
3. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Facemasks: Potential Source of Human Exposure to PFAS with Implications for Disposal to Landfills
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Derek J. Muensterman, Liliana Cahuas, Ivan A. Titaley, Christopher Schmokel, Florentino B. De la Cruz, Morton A. Barlaz, Courtney C. Carignan, Graham F. Peaslee, and Jennifer A. Field
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Ecology ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Environmental Chemistry ,Pollution ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2022
4. Evidence of thermophilic waste decomposition at a landfill exhibiting elevated temperature regions
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Florentino B. De la Cruz, Douglas F. Call, Qiwen Cheng, and Morton A. Barlaz
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020209 energy ,Thermophile ,Temperature ,02 engineering and technology ,Euryarchaeota ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Decomposition ,Methane ,Waste Disposal Facilities ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Incubation temperature ,chemistry ,Microbial population biology ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Environmental chemistry ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Environmental science ,Methane production ,Temperature limit ,Microcosm ,Waste Management and Disposal ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
There have been several reports of landfills exhibiting temperatures as high as 80 to 100 °C. This observation has motivated researchers to understand the causes of the elevated temperatures and to develop predictive models of landfill temperature. The objective of this research was to characterize the methanogenic activity of microbial communities that were derived from landfill samples excavated from a section of a landfill exhibiting gas well temperatures above 55 °C. Specific objectives were to: (1) determine the upper temperature limit for methane production; (2) evaluate the kinetics of methane generation when landfill-derived microcosms are incubated above and below their excavation temperature and derive a temperature inhibition function; and (3) evaluate microbial community shifts in response to temperature perturbations. Landfill microcosms were derived from 57 excavated landfill samples and incubated within ± 2.5 °C of their excavation temperature between 42.5 °C and 87.5 °C. Results showed an optimum temperature for methane generation of ~57 °C and a 95% reduction in methane yield at ~72 °C. When select cultures were perturbed between 5 °C below and 15 °C above their in-situ temperature, both the rate and maximum methane production decreased as incubation temperature increased. Microbial community characterization using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing suggests that thermophilic methanogenic activity can be attributed to methanogens of the genus Methanothermobacter. This study demonstrated that from a microbiological standpoint, landfills may maintain active methanogenic processes while experiencing temperatures in the thermophilic regime (
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- 2021
5. Evaluation of the Temperature Range for Biological Activity in Landfills Experiencing Elevated Temperatures
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Qiwen Cheng, Morton A. Barlaz, Florentino B. De la Cruz, Sierra Schupp, and Douglas F. Call
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Municipal solid waste ,chemistry ,Waste management ,Methanogenesis ,Wellhead ,Environmental science ,Fermentation ,General Medicine ,Atmospheric temperature range ,Methane - Abstract
There have been reports of municipal solid waste landfills with waste and gas wellhead temperatures of at least 80–100 °C, which is in excess of temperatures reported at typical landfills. Landfill...
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- 2020
6. Comment on 'Release of Volatile Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Aqueous Film-Forming Foam'
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Ivan A. Titaley, Florentino B. De la Cruz, and Jennifer A. Field
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Aqueous solution ,Ecology ,Chemical engineering ,Chemistry ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Environmental Chemistry ,Pollution ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2020
7. Tropical peatland carbon storage linked to global latitudinal trends in peat recalcitrance
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Moira Hough, Alison M. Hoyt, S. Rose Vining, William T. Cooper, Jeffrey P. Chanton, B. A. Verbeke, Charles F. Harvey, B. Rose Winkler, Neal Flanagan, Curtis J. Richardson, Pierre J. H. Richard, Malak Missilmani, Virginia I. Rich, Joumana Toufaily, René Dommain, Florentino B. De la Cruz, S. B. Hodgkins, Alexander R. Cobb, Hongjun Wang, Tim R. Moore, Paul H. Glaser, Rasha Hamdan, and Mengchi Ho
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Peat ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Science ,Earth science ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Climate change ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Subtropics ,01 natural sciences ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Article ,Dissolved organic carbon ,Organic matter ,lcsh:Science ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Multidisciplinary ,Tropics ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Chemistry ,Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie ,15. Life on land ,chemistry ,Boreal ,13. Climate action ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,lcsh:Q ,ddc:500 ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,Carbon - Abstract
Peatlands represent large terrestrial carbon banks. Given that most peat accumulates in boreal regions, where low temperatures and water saturation preserve organic matter, the existence of peat in (sub)tropical regions remains enigmatic. Here we examined peat and plant chemistry across a latitudinal transect from the Arctic to the tropics. Near-surface low-latitude peat has lower carbohydrate and greater aromatic content than near-surface high-latitude peat, creating a reduced oxidation state and resulting recalcitrance. This recalcitrance allows peat to persist in the (sub)tropics despite warm temperatures. Because we observed similar declines in carbohydrate content with depth in high-latitude peat, our data explain recent field-scale deep peat warming experiments in which catotelm (deeper) peat remained stable despite temperature increases up to 9 °C. We suggest that high-latitude deep peat reservoirs may be stabilized in the face of climate change by their ultimately lower carbohydrate and higher aromatic composition, similar to tropical peats., Large peatlands exist at high latitudes because flooded conditions and cold temperatures slow decomposition, so the presence of (sub)tropical peat is enigmatic. Here the authors show that low-latitude peat is preserved due to lower carbohydrate and greater aromatic content resulting in chemical recalcitrance.
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- 2021
8. Comparison of Field Measurements to Methane Emissions Models at a New Landfill
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Florentino B. De la Cruz, Roger B. Green, Morton A. Barlaz, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Eben D. Thoma, Gary R. Hater, and Tierney A. Harvey
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Methane emissions ,Municipal solid waste ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,010501 environmental sciences ,Solid Waste ,Collection system ,01 natural sciences ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Air pollutants ,Humans ,Environmental Chemistry ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Air Pollutants ,Waste management ,Environmental engineering ,General Chemistry ,Refuse Disposal ,Waste Disposal Facilities ,chemistry ,Greenhouse gas ,Anaerobic oxidation of methane ,Environmental science - Abstract
Estimates of methane emissions from landfills rely primarily on models due to both technical and economic limitations. While models are easy to implement, there is uncertainty due to the use of parameters that are difficult to validate. The objective of this research was to compare modeled emissions using several greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting protocols including: (1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); (2) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (EPA GHGRP); (3) California Air Resources Board (CARB); and (4) Solid Waste Industry for Climate Solutions (SWICS), with measured emissions data collected over three calendar years from a young landfill with no gas collection system. By working with whole landfill measurements of fugitive methane emissions and methane oxidation, the collection efficiency could be set to zero, thus eliminating one source of parameter uncertainty. The models consistently overestimated annual methane emissions by a factor ranging from 4-31. Varying input parameters over reasonable ranges reduced this range to 1.3-8. Waste age at the studied landfill was less than four years and the results suggest the need for measurements at additional landfills to evaluate the accuracy of the tested models to young landfills.
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- 2016
9. Chemical Changes during Anaerobic Decomposition of Hardwood, Softwood, and Old Newsprint under Mesophilic and Thermophilic Conditions
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Hanna S. Gracz, Morton A. Barlaz, Daniel J. Yelle, and Florentino B. De la Cruz
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Softwood ,Chemistry ,food and beverages ,Biomass ,General Chemistry ,Plants ,Pulp and paper industry ,Lignin ,Wood ,complex mixtures ,Decomposition ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Anaerobic digestion ,Botany ,Hardwood ,Anaerobiosis ,Cellulose ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Chemical decomposition ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The anaerobic decomposition of plant biomass is an important aspect of global organic carbon cycling. While the anaerobic metabolism of cellulose and hemicelluloses to methane and carbon dioxide are well-understood, evidence for the initial stages of lignin decomposition is fragmentary. The objective of this study was to look for evidence of chemical transformations of lignin in woody tissues [hardwood (HW), softwood (SW), and old newsprint (ONP)] after anaerobic decomposition using Klason and acid-soluble lignin, CuO oxidation, and 2D NMR. Tests were conducted under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions, and lignin associations with structural carbohydrates are retained. For HW and ONP, the carbon losses could be attributed to cellulose and hemicelluloses, while carbon loss in SW was attributable to an uncharacterized fraction (e.g., extractives etc.). The 2D NMR and chemical degradation methods revealed slight reductions in β-O-4 linkages for HW and ONP, with no depolymerization of lignin in any substrate.
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- 2014
10. Measurement of carbon storage in landfills from the biogenic carbon content of excavated waste samples
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Florentino B. De la Cruz, Morton A. Barlaz, and Jeffrey P. Chanton
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Total organic carbon ,Municipal solid waste ,Waste management ,Kentucky ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Fraction (chemistry) ,Lignin ,Carbon ,Methane ,Refuse Disposal ,Waste Disposal Facilities ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,chemistry ,Polysaccharides ,Environmental chemistry ,Carbon dioxide ,North Carolina ,Environmental science ,Cellulose ,Waste Management and Disposal - Abstract
Landfills are an anaerobic ecosystem and represent the major disposal alternative for municipal solid waste (MSW) in the U.S. While some fraction of the biogenic carbon, primarily cellulose (Cel) and hemicellulose (H), is converted to carbon dioxide and methane, lignin (L) is essentially recalcitrant. The biogenic carbon that is not mineralized is stored within the landfill. This carbon storage represents a significant component of a landfill carbon balance. The fraction of biogenic carbon that is not reactive in the landfill environment and therefore stored was derived for samples of excavated waste by measurement of the total organic carbon, its biogenic fraction, and the remaining methane potential. The average biogenic carbon content of the excavated samples was 64.6±18.0% (average±standard deviation), while the average carbon storage factor was 0.09±0.06g biogenic-C stored per g dry sample or 0.66±0.16g biogenic-C stored per g biogenic C.
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- 2013
11. Chemical composition and methane potential of commercial food wastes
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Florentino B. De la Cruz, Victoria M. Lopez, and Morton A. Barlaz
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Engineering ,Grocery store ,Starch ,020209 energy ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Garbage ,Solid Waste ,01 natural sciences ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Waste Management ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Anaerobiosis ,Particle Size ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Chemical composition ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Methane potential ,Air Pollutants ,Waste management ,business.industry ,Food Services ,Refuse Disposal ,Food waste ,Anaerobic digestion ,chemistry ,Food preparation ,business - Abstract
There is increasing interest in anaerobic digestion in the U.S. However, there is little information on the characterization of commercial food waste sources as well as the effect of waste particle size on methane yield. The objective of this research was to characterize four commercial food waste sources: (1) university dining hall waste, (2) waste resulting from prepared foods and leftover produce at a grocery store, (3) food waste from a hotel and convention center, and (4) food preparation waste from a restaurant. Each sample was tested in triplicate 8 L batch anaerobic digesters after shredding and after shredding plus grinding. Average methane yields for the university dining, grocery store, hotel, and restaurant wastes were 363, 427, 492, and 403 mL/dry g, respectively. Starch exhibited the most complete consumption and particle size did not significantly affect methane yields for any of the tested substrates. Lipids represented 59–70% of the methane potential of the fresh substrates.
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- 2016
12. Wood Biodegradation in Laboratory-Scale Landfills
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Florentino B. De la Cruz, Morton A. Barlaz, Jennifer M. Padgett, and Xiaoming Wang
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Softwood ,Nitrogen ,Fiberboard ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Hardwood ,Environmental Chemistry ,Computer Simulation ,Leachate ,Waste management ,General Chemistry ,Biodegradation ,Pulp and paper industry ,Wood ,Eucalyptus ,Carbon ,United States ,Oriented strand board ,Refuse Disposal ,Kinetics ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,chemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Environmental science ,Laboratories - Abstract
The objective of this research was to characterize the anaerobic biodegradability of major wood products in municipal waste by measuring methane yields, decay rates, the extent of carbohydrate decomposition, carbon storage, and leachate toxicity. Tests were conducted in triplicate 8 L reactors operated to obtain maximum yields. Measured methane yields for red oak, eucalyptus, spruce, radiata pine, plywood (PW), oriented strand board (OSB) from hardwood (HW) and softwood (SW), particleboard (PB) and medium-density fiberboard (MDF) were 32.5, 0, 7.5, 0.5, 6.3, 84.5, 0, 5.6, and 4.6 mL CH(4) dry g(-1), respectively. The red oak, a HW, exhibited greater decomposition than either SW (spruce and radiata), a trend that was also measured for the OSB-HW relative to OSB-SW. However, the eucalyptus (HW) exhibited toxicity. Thus, wood species have unique methane yields that should be considered in the development of national inventories of methane production and carbon storage. The current assumption of uniform biodegradability is not appropriate. The ammonia release from urea formaldehyde as present in PB and MDF could contribute to ammonia in landfill leachate. Using the extent of carbon conversion measured in this research, 0-19.9%, predicted methane production from a wood mixture using the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change waste model is only 7.9% of that predicted using the 50% carbon conversion default.
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- 2011
13. Estimation of Waste Component-Specific Landfill Decay Rates Using Laboratory-Scale Decomposition Data
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Florentino B. De la Cruz and Morton A. Barlaz
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Engineering ,Municipal solid waste ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Bioreactors ,Environmental Chemistry ,Cities ,Waste Products ,Waste management ,business.industry ,Environmental engineering ,General Chemistry ,Refuse Disposal ,Kinetics ,Food waste ,Waste treatment ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,Landfill gas ,chemistry ,visual_art ,Greenhouse gas ,Newsprint ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Laboratories ,business ,Water Pollutants, Chemical ,Waste disposal - Abstract
The current methane generation model used by the U.S. EPA (Landfill Gas Emissions Model) treats municipal solid waste (MSW) as a homogeneous waste with one decay rate. However, component-specific decay rates are required to evaluate the effects of changes in waste composition on methane generation. Laboratory-scale rate constants, k(lab), for the major biodegradable MSW components were used to derive field-scale decay rates (k(field)) for each waste component using the assumption that the average of the field-scale decay rates for each waste component, weighted by its composition, is equal to the bulk MSW decay rate. For an assumed bulk MSW decay rate of 0.04 yr(-1), k(field) was estimated to be 0.298, 0.171, 0.015, 0.144, 0.033, 0.02, 0.122, and 0.029 yr(-1), for grass, leaves, branches, food waste, newsprint, corrugated containers, coated paper, and office paper, respectively. The effect of landfill waste diversion programs on methane production was explored to illustrate the use of component-specific decay rates. One hundred percent diversion of yard waste and food waste reduced the year 20 methane production rate by 45%. When a landfill gas collection schedule was introduced, collectable methane was most influenced by food waste diversion at years 10 and 20 and paper diversion at year 40.
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- 2010
14. Decomposition and carbon storage of selected paper products in laboratory-scale landfills
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Xiaoming Wang, Fabiano Ximenes, Morton A. Barlaz, and Florentino B. De la Cruz
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Paper ,Carbon Sequestration ,Environmental Engineering ,Climate Change ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Lignin ,Methane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Environmental Chemistry ,Hemicellulose ,Cellulose ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Waste management ,Biodegradation ,Pulp and paper industry ,Pollution ,Decomposition ,Carbon ,Refuse Disposal ,Waste Disposal Facilities ,Biodegradation, Environmental ,chemistry ,Models, Chemical ,visual_art ,Newsprint ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Laboratories - Abstract
The objective of this study was to measure the anaerobic biodegradation of different types of paper products in laboratory-scale landfill reactors. The study included (a) measurement of the loss of cellulose, hemicellulose, organic carbon, and (b) measurement of the methane yields for each paper product. The test materials included two samples each of newsprint (NP), copy paper (CP), and magazine paper (MG), and one sample of diaper (DP). The methane yields, carbon storage factors and the extent of cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition all consistently show that papers made from mechanical pulps (e.g., NPs) are less degradable than those made from chemical pulps where essentially all lignin was chemically removed (e.g., CPs). The diaper, which is not only made from chemical pulp but also contains some gel and plastic, exhibited limited biodegradability. The extent of biogenic carbon conversion varied from 21 to 96% among papers, which contrasts with the uniform assumption of 50% by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for all degradable materials discarded in landfills. Biochemical methane potential tests also showed that the solids to liquid ratio used in the test can influence the results.
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- 2015
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