Long-term numerical simulation of methane transport and oxidation in compost biofilter

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-202

  Yuan, Lei ^a   Abichou, Tarek ^b   Chanton, Jeff ^b   Powelson, David K ^b   De Visscher, Alex ^c  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Filtration; Landfills; Methane; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COMPOST BIOFILTERS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DYNAMIC PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLORIDA; MESH SIEVES; METHANE OXIDATION; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS; YARD WASTES;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; COMPOSTING; GAS PERMEABILITY; LAND FILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

AIR FILTERS;

COMPOST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTER; LANDFILL; METHANE; OXIDATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LEON COUNTY [FLORIDA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649109146     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2009)13:3(196)     Document Type: Article

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