Design of top covers supporting aerobic in situ stabilization of old landfills - An experimental simulation in lysimeters

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2324-2335

  Hrad, Marlies ^a   Huber Humer, Marion ^a   Wimmer, Bernhard ^b   Reichenauer, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

In situ aeration; Landfill cover; Lysimeter experiment; Microbial methane oxidation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AIR INJECTION; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL STABILIZATION; COMPACTION DENSITIES; COMPOST MATERIALS; COVER SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS EXTRACTIONS; HIGH WATER; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LANDFILL BODIES; LANDFILL COVERS; LEACHATES; LOW PRESSURES; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; MINERAL SOILS; NATURAL SOILS; ORGANIC WASTES; PLANT GROWTH; SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST; SITU STABILIZATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL MATERIALS; TRANSPIRATION RATES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; WATER BALANCE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WATER INFILTRATION;

AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPOSTING; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFILTRATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LYSIMETERS; MATERIALS; METHANE; MINERALS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OXIDATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

WATER AERATION;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

AERATION; AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPACTION; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFILTRATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; LYSIMETER; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PERMEABILITY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL COVER; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS FLOW; LANDFILL; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; MOISTURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AEROBIOSIS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84870238228     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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