Passive drainage and biofiltration of landfill gas: Results of Australian field trial

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1029-1048

  Dever, Stuart A ^a,b   Swarbrick, Gareth E ^a,c   Stuetz, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GHD PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD SCALE; FIELD TRIAL; GAS GENERATION; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GAS EMISSIONS; LANDFILL SITE; METHANE OXIDATION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; OXIDATION EFFICIENCY; PRIMARY FACTORS; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; LAND FILL; LOADING; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

BIOFILTRATION; DRAINAGE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FIELD METHOD; GAS; LANDFILL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AERATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS FLOW; HUMIDITY; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDFILL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTRATION; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 79952734913     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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