US-Jordan Cooperative Research: Municipal Solid Waste Management

9987433 Chopra描述：该奖项是为了表彰以下合作项目：土木工程与环境工程系Manoj Chopra教授、佛罗里达州奥兰多的中佛罗里达大学(UCF)工程学院副院长Debra R.Reinhart博士和约旦伊尔比特的约旦科技大学环境科学与技术中心(CEST)主任Wa‘il Abu-El-Shaer教授。他们计划收集与垃圾渗滤液和气体产生有关的信息和数据。这将用于评估固体废物堆填区对环境的影响，并设计和制定操作指南，将未来的影响降至最低。将在约旦收集的数据将包括垃圾填埋场的设计和运营、垃圾填埋场的处置能力、废物处理的历史、对垃圾填埋场附近空气或水质量的投诉、废物特征和气候条件。此外，我们亦会收集不同堆填区的地质和土壤特性的详细资料，以确定影响渗滤液迁移的性质，以及地下水供应可能受到的污染。这些数据将使用现成的软件进行环境影响分析，包括用于量化渗滤液流量的垃圾填埋过程水文评估(HELP)、用于评估地下水风险的EPA渗滤液迁移和转化产物多介质和复合模型(EPACMTP)以及用于估计气体流量和质量的EPA垃圾填埋气排放模型。范围：在这个项目中，合作者计划结合他们的专业知识进行一项研究，以评估垃圾填埋场的管理程序，以最大限度地将废物生物质转化为能源，同时将对环境的不利影响降至最低。科学家们将研究美国在约旦不同环境条件下的垃圾分类和其他操作实践的使用情况。约旦的实地考察工作将包括来自UCF和CEST的科学家。数据分析和环境影响评估将在UCF进行，两名约旦科学家将参加。该项目互惠互利，有望促进该领域的研究、教学、培训和学习，并有望让美国研究人员第一手了解其他地理区域面临的问题。这将有助于我们理解在渗滤液和气体排放最小化的生物反应器条件下操作垃圾填埋场。该项目符合支持互惠合作项目的INT标准。该项目的资金由国际项目部和生物工程与环境系统部提供。

9987433Chopra Description: This award is for support of a cooperative project by Professor Manoj Chopra, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Debra R. Reinhart, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, University of Central Florida (UCF) at Orlando, Florida and Professor Wa'il Abu-El-Sha'r, Director, the Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology (CEST), Jordan University of Science and Technology at Irbid, Jordan. They plan to gather information and data related to landfill leachate and gas generation. This will be used to assess the environmental impact of solid waste landfills, and to design and generate operational guidance to minimize future impacts. Data to be collected in Jordan will include landfill design and operation, disposal capacity of landfills, history of waste disposal, complaints regarding air or water quality near landfills, waste characteristics, and climatic conditions. Details of the geological and soil characteristics at various landfill sites also will be collected to determine the properties influencing leachate migration and potential for contamination of groundwater supply. The data will be analyzed for the environmental impact, using readily available software, including Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Processes (HELP) to quantify leachate flowrates, EPA's Multi-Med and Composite Model for Leachate Migration and Transformation Products (EPACMTP) to evaluate risk to groundwater, and the EPA Landfill Gas Emissions Model to estimate gas volume and quality. Scope: In this project the collaborators plan to combine their expertise in a study to assess management procedures for landfills to maximize conversion of waste biomass to energy, while minimizing adverse impact to the environment. The scientists will study the use of US practices such as waste separation and other operating practices in the different environmental conditions in Jordan. The fieldwork in Jordan will involve scientists from UCF and from CEST. The data analysis and the evaluation of environmental impacts will be done at UCF with participation from two Jordanian scientists. The project is mutually beneficial, is expected to promote research, teaching, training and learning in this field, and is expected to give US researchers a first hand understanding of the issues faced in other geographical regions. It will help our understanding of operating landfills under bioreactor conditions where leachate and gas emissions are minimized. The project meets INT criteria for support of cooperative projects that are mutually beneficial.Funds for this project are provided by the Division of International Programs and the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems.