Municipal solid waste characterization and its assessment for potential methane generation: A case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Mor, Suman ^a,d   Ravindra, Khaiwal ^b   De Visscher, Alex ^c   Dahiya, R P ^a   Chandra, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Landfill; Landfill gas; Methane; Solid waste; Waste characterization

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND FILL; METHANE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FIRST ORDER DECAY MODEL (FOD); LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL METHANE EMISSION; WASTE CHARACTERIZATION;

SOLID WASTES;

METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDIA; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; INDIA; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750527955     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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