Estimation of Landfill Gas Generation Rate and Gas Permeability Field of Refuse Using Inverse Modeling

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-58

  Jung, Yoojin ^a   Imhoff, Paul ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baro pneumatic method; Gas generation rate; Gas permeability; Landfills; Methane; Pilot point method

Indexed keywords

AIR INTRUSION; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; BARO-PNEUMATIC METHOD; CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; FIELD DATA; FORWARD SIMULATION; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; GAS GENERATION RATE; GENERATION RATE; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; INVERSE MODELING; INVERSE MODELS; INVERSION PROCEDURE; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL METHANE; OBSERVATION DATA; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; PILOT POINT METHOD; PUMPING TESTS; SYNTHETIC DATA; TEST CELL; TRANSIENT PRESSURES;

ESTIMATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS GENERATORS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAND FILL; METHANATION; METHANE; PNEUMATICS; PUMPS; TESTING;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ALGORITHM; BIOREACTOR; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; FLOW PATTERN; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; METHANE; PERMEABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOLO COUNTY;

EID: 79953110974     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9659-8     Document Type: Article

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