Steady-state design of horizontal systems for liquids addition at bioreactor landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2560-2569

  Jain, Pradeep ^a   Townsend, Timothy G ^b   Tolaymat, Thabet M ^c  

^a Innovative Waste Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR LANDFILL; DESIGN CHARTS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL TRENCH; INFILTRATION GALLERY; INFILTRATION POND; INJECTION PRESSURES; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; KEY PARAMETERS; MODELING RESULTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RICHARD'S EQUATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SOURCE DIMENSIONS; SOURCE SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC SITES; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE DESIGN;

GRAPHIC METHODS; LIQUIDS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLID WASTES;

DESIGN;

BIOREACTOR; BOUNDARY CONDITION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RICHARDS EQUATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STEADY STATE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOREACTORS; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77957676275     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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