Dependence of gas collection efficiency on leachate level at wet municipal solid waste landfills and its improvement methods in China

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Zhan, Tony Liang Tong ^a   Xu, Xiao Bing ^a   Chen, Yun Min ^a   Ma, Xiao Fei ^b   Lan, Ji Wu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Protection Technology of High Rise Operation   (China)

Author keywords

Gas collection efficiency; Gas permeability; Landfill; Leachate drawdown; Leachate level; Municipal solid waste; Waste composition; Water content

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EXTRACTION; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LAND FILL; LEACHATE TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER LEVELS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GAS COLLECTIONS; LEACHATE LEVELS; LEACHATES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; WASTE COMPOSITION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

DRAWDOWN; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERMEABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84925273810     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: 19435606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001271     Document Type: Article

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