Gas production, composition and emission at a modern disposal site receiving waste with a low-organic content

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 946-955

  Scheutz, Charlotte ^a   Fredenslund, Anders M ^a   Nedenskov, Jonas ^c   Samuelsson, Jerker ^b   Kjeldsen, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c AV Miljø   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE WASTES; CURRENT PROJECTS; DISPOSAL SITES; DRAINAGE PIPES; EMISSION RATES; FIELD ANALYSIS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS GENERATION; GAS MIGRATION; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HOT SPOT; IN-CELL; LEACHATE COLLECTION; LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEMS; LEACHATES; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL REACTION; OPEN-CELL; ORGANIC CONTENT; OXIDATION CAPACITY; TOTAL EMISSIONS; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WASTE CELLS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GAS GENERATORS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LEACHING; METHANE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; FLUID COMPOSITION; GAS PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHATE; METHANE; OXIDATION; PERMEABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79952700077     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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