Measuring transient water flow in unsaturated municipal solid waste - A new experimental approach

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 811-819

  Capelo, J ^a   de Castro, M A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MOISTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SOLID WASTES;

FLOW CONDITIONS; MICRO-POROUS FLOW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW);

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MOISTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SOLID WASTES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD CAPACITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OUTFLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLOW;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW;

REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER;

BRAZIL; CEARA; FORTALEZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947511300     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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