Uncontrolled methane emissions from a MSW landfill surface: Influence of landfill features and side slopes

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2108-2115

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accumulation chamber; Geospatial interpolation; Greenhouse gas; Landfill; Methane emission; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION CHAMBER; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; GEOSPATIAL INTERPOLATIONS; METHANE EMISSION RATES; METHANE EMISSIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; UNCONTROLLED EMISSIONS;

BIOGAS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECOVERY; TOOLS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

METHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCUMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVER SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLUX CHAMBER METHOD; GAS ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HDPE COVER SYSTEM; LANDFILL; LANDFILL SIDE SLOPE; METHANE FLUX MAP; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

ACCUMULATION CHAMBER; GEOSPATIAL INTERPOLATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; METHANE EMISSION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; ITALY; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84883827221     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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