Passive drainage and biofiltration of landfill gas: Australian field trial

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Dever, S A ^a,b   Swarbrick, G E ^a   Stuetz, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GHD PTY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; DRAINAGE; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOFILTRATION; LANDFILL GAS; PASSIVE GAS DRAINAGE; WASTE LANDFILLS;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

METHANE; OXYGEN;

BIOFILTERS; DRAINAGE; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DRAINAGE; EMISSION; FILTRATION; GAS; LANDFILL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILTRATION; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDFILL; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 33751005027     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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