A framework to contain a spatially distributed model of the degradation of solid waste in landfills

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-345

  White, James K ^a   Ren, Qingchao ^a   Robinson, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flushing bio reactor; Gas generation; Gas transport; Landfill modelling; Leachate transport; pH inhibition; Waste degradation; wmr 450 4

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLID WASTES;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION;

LAND FILL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FLOW KINETICS; GAS; INOCULATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141493687     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100406     Document Type: Article

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