Modeling Volatile Organic Compound Transport in Composite Liners

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 641-657

  Park, Min Gyun ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^a   Benson, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite liners; Diffusion coefficient; Geomembranes; Landfills; Modeling; Partition coefficient; Tansport; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CLAY LINERS; COMPOSITE LINER; FINITE DIFFERENCE; INHERENT VARIABILITY; MODEL CALIBRATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; TANSPORT; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

DIFFUSION; FORECASTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMEMBRANES; LAND FILL; MODELS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPOSITE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMEMBRANE; LANDFILL; LINER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84862121023     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000630     Document Type: Article

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