Building a better methane generation model: Validating models with methane recovery rates from 35 Canadian landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2085-2091

  Thompson, Shirley ^a   Sawyer, Jennifer ^a   Bonam, Rathan ^a   Valdivia, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; GENERATION RATES; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERRORS; MEAN ERRORS; METHANE PRODUCTIONS; METHANE RECOVERIES; MODIFIED MODELS; RECOVERY RATES; STRONG CORRELATIONS;

FIRE HAZARDS; LAND FILL; METHANATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RECOVERY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LANDFILL; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349214602     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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