Modeling the influence of biodegradation on sanitary landfill settlements

Soils and Rocks

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Machado, Sandro Lemos ^a   De Fátima Carvalho, Miriam ^b   Vilar, Orencio Monje ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO SALVADOR   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Creep; Mathematical model; Municipal Solid Waste; Settlement

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; DECAY PROCESS; FIRST ORDER; GAS GENERATION; LONG TERM; MAIN PROCESS; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MASS LOSS; MECHANICAL CREEP; MODEL PARAMETERS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SANITARY LANDFILL; SECONDARY COMPRESSION;

BIODEGRADATION; CREEP; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; GAS GENERATORS; LAND FILL; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77950257467     PISSN: 19809743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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