Evaluation of methane emissions from Palermo municipal landfill: Comparison between field measurements and models

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1820-1826

  Di Bella, Gaetano ^a   Di Trapani, Daniele ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DIFFUSE EMISSION; DIRECT APPROACH; DIRECT EMISSIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLUX CHAMBERS; GAS RECOVERY; GAS RECOVERY SYSTEMS; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL SITE; LANDFILL SURFACE; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; NONSTATIONARY; TECHNICAL LITERATURE;

BIODEGRADATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RATING; RECOVERY;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; FLUX CHAMBER; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ITALY; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 79958261171     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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