Field evaluation of resistivity sensors for in situ moisture measurement in a bioreactor landfill

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1547-1557

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Jonnalagadda, Sreeram ^a   Jain, Pradeep ^a   Gawande, Nitin A ^b   Townsend, Timothy G ^a   Reinhart, Debra R ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS; CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; CALIBRATION METHODS; FIELD EVALUATIONS; FLORIDA , US; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; MASS BALANCES; MEASURE IN SITU; MOISTURE CONTENT VALUES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS; OVER ESTIMATIONS; RESISTIVITY SENSORS; SENSOR OUTPUTS; SENSOR READINGS; SPATIAL AVERAGES; WASTE SAMPLES; WET SAMPLES;

BIOREACTORS; CALIBRATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SENSORS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; FIELD METHOD; LANDFILL; MOISTURE CONTENT;

BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61549139375     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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