Modeling methane migration and oxidation in landfill cover materials with TOUGH2-LGM

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 198, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 253-267

  Rannaud, David ^a   Cabral, Alexandre ^b   Allaire, Suzanne E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocovers; Gas profiles; Landfill gas; Methane oxidation; Oxidation efficiency; TOUGH2 LGM

Indexed keywords

BIOCOVERS; GAS PROFILES; LANDFILL GAS; METHANE OXIDATION; OXIDATION EFFICIENCY; TOUGH2-LGM;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

OXIDATION;

ELEMENT MOBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMIDITY; LANDFILL; METHANE; MODELING; OXIDATION; SATURATION;

EID: 60449109518     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9843-4     Document Type: Article

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