Hydrologic evaluation of landfill performance (HELP) modeling in bioreactor landfill design and permitting

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-46

  Xu, Qiyong ^a,b   Kim, Hwidong ^c   Jain, Pradeep ^a   Townsend, Timothy G ^c  

^a Innovative Waste Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor landfill; HELP model; Leachate recirculation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857918403     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-011-0035-8     Document Type: Article

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