Using isotopic and molecular data to model landfill gas processes

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Bogner, J E ^a   Sweeney, R E ^b   Coleman, D ^c   Huitric, R ^d   Ririe, G T ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Environ and Petroleum Geochemistry   (United States)

^c Isotech Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^e CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Landfill; Landfill gas; Methane generation; Methane oxidation; Stable isotopes; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERMENTATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

DIRECT OXIDATION; MASS BALANCE CALCULATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; MOLECULAR DATA; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS;

LAND FILL;

BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DATA BASE; FERMENTATION; LANDFILL; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MODEL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030217916     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/wmre.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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