Leachate injection using vertical wells in bioreactor landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1233-1247

  Khire, Milind V ^a   Mukherjee, Moumita ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLID WASTES; STEADY FLOW;

DOSING FREQUENCY; LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM; LIQUID FLUX;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WELL WATER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAND FILL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLID WASTES; STEADY FLOW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTOR; DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WELL;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER MODEL; DRAIN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INJECTION; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TUBE; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 34250643928     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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