Emission of volatile organic compounds from solid waste disposal sites and importance of heat management

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 534-538

  Urase, Taro ^a   Okumura, Hiroyuki ^b   Panyosaranya, Samerjai ^b   Inamura, Akihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Landfill gas; Solid waste disposal; Volatile organic compounds; Wmr 1217 9

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; FULLERENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSTYRENES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTES; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; XYLENE;

CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; COUNTER-MEASURES; DETECTION LIMITS; HEAT MANAGEMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GASSES; LANDFILL SITES; LEACHATES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; ORGANIC SOLID WASTES; PLASTIC WASTES; POLYSTYRENE PLASTICS; SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE DISPOSALS; TARGET SITES; TRIMETHYL BENZENES; WMR 1217-9;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BENZENE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

EMISSION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GAS; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 57149132960     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07084321     Document Type: Article

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