Development of a coupled reactor model for prediction of organic contaminant fate in landfills

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7444-7451

  Lowry, Michael I ^a   Bartelt Hunt, Shannon L ^b   Beaulieu, Stephen M ^a   Barlaz, Morton A ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FULLERENES; GROUNDWATER; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LAND FILL; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NAPHTHALENE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIO REACTOR; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COUPLED REACTORS; COVER SOIL; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GAS GENERATION; INPUT DATA; INPUT PARAMETERS; MIXED REACTORS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; SOLID-PHASE; VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

REFUSE DISPOSAL; LAND FILL;

ACETONE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SARIN; TOLUENE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFILL; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DESERT; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; REACTOR; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLID;

ACETONE; BENZENE; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIODEGRADATION RATE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COUPLED REACTORS; COVER SOIL; COVER TYPES; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GAS GENERATION; INPUT DATAS; INPUT PARAMETER; LANDFILL CONDITION; MIXED REACTORS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLID-PHASE; VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 54749104667     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800907j     Document Type: Article

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