Prediction of waste settlement in Bioreactor landfills incorporating waste biodegradation

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 163, 2007, Pages

  Hettiarachchi, Chamil H ^a   Meegoda, Jay N ^b   Hettiaratchi, J Patrick A ^c  

^a LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioreactor; First order kinetics and Field test data; Landfills; Modeling; Predictions; Settlement

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; LAND FILL; LYSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS; FIELD TEST DATA; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; WASTE BIODEGRADATION;

SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

EID: 34548361711     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40907(226)13     Document Type: Article

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