Emission assessment at the Burj Hammoud inactive municipal landfill: Viability of landfill gas recovery under the clean development mechanism

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2106-2114

  El Fadel, Mutasem ^a   Abi Esber, Layale ^a   Salhab, Samer ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Clean development mechanism; Emissions; Geospatial interpolation; Landfill gas; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION RATES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GEO-SPATIAL; KRIGING; LANDFILL GAS; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; PREDICTION MODEL; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

BIOGAS; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERPOLATION; LAND FILL; MEASUREMENTS; METHANATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RECOVERY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

METHANE;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LANDFILL; METHANE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; GAS WASTE; GEOSPATIAL INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LANDFILL GAS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESELLATION; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

BIOFUELS; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LEBANON; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867655606     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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