Field air permeability and hydraulic conductivity of landfilled municipal solid waste in China.
Field air permeability and hydraulic conductivity of landfilled municipal solid waste in China.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.008
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发表时间:
2012-05
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
Huayong Wu;Tan Chen;Hongtao Wang;Wenjing Lu
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作者:
Huayong Wu;Tan Chen;Hongtao Wang;Wenjing Lu
The successful design and operation of in situ treatment systems using air and water additions for sustainable landfilling are constrained by a lack of knowledge of the key parameters, such as field air permeability and hydraulic conductivity of landfilled municipal solid waste (MSW). This work provides data on the field air permeability kaand hydraulic conductivity Kwof MSW obtained by conducting short-term air and water injection tests at a landfill in Beijing, China. The kaand Kwvalues are found to in the range of 1.2 × 10−13−1.9 × 10−12m2and 5.9 × 10−7−7.2 × 10−6m s−1, respectively. Both kaand Kwdecreased significantly with landfill depth due to the increase in overburden pressure and the finer particles of the waste in deeper layers, leading to a lower porosity of waste. The higher moisture saturation in the deeper layers also contributed to the decrease in ka. To compare the permeability with respect to air and water, the water permeability kwwas calculated based on the estimated Kwand was found to be approximately three orders of magnitude smaller than the corresponding kafor waste at the same layer. The differences in kwand kamay be due to the relative air permeability, the potential short-circuiting of air and active production of biogas, which undermine the relationship between kwand ka. Therefore, to successfully design and operate air and water addition systems in a landfill, in situ measurements of the air permeability and hydraulic conductivity are essential.