Modelling the biochemical degradation of solid waste in landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-240

  White, Jim ^a   Robinson, John ^b   Ren, Qingchao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; GAS GENERATION;

SOLID WASTES;

BIODEGRADATION; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLID WASTE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYSIS; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 1542345711     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2003.11.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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