Leachate recirculation in a landfill: Some insights obtained from the development of a simple 1-D model

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1210-1221

  White, J K ^a   Beaven, R P ^a   Powrie, W ^a   Knox, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Knox Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DESIGN TOOL; FIELD TEST; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INJECTION RATES; KEY PARAMETERS; LANDFILL MANAGEMENT; LANDFILL OPERATORS; LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT PLANT; LEACHATES; RETENTION TIME; STORAGE CAPACITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTE PRODUCTS;

BIODEGRADATION; LEACHING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LANDFILL LEACHATE RECIRCULATION; MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; PORE VOLUME DISTRIBUTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79954843137     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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