Controls on landfill gas collection efficiency: Instantaneous and lifetime performance

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1399-1404

  Barlaz, Morton A ^a   Chanton, Jeff P ^b   Green, Roger B ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASTE MANAGEMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOREACTORS; DECAY (ORGANIC); EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND FILL;

BIOREACTOR LANDFILL; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GAS COLLECTIONS; LIFETIME PERFORMANCE; METHANE EMISSIONS; SOLID WASTE LANDFILL;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; GAS; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 76549097809     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.12.1399     Document Type: Article

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