US-Jordan Cooperative Research: Municipal Solid Waste Management

9987433Chopra描述：该奖项是为了支持由位于佛罗里达州奥兰多的中佛罗里达大学（UCF）土木与环境工程系Manoj Chopra教授、工程学院研究副院长Debra R. Reinhart博士和位于约旦伊尔比德的约旦科技大学环境科学与技术中心（CEST）主任Wa'il Abu-El-Sha'r教授共同完成的一个合作项目。他们计划收集与垃圾填埋场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，并设计和制定业务指南，以尽量减少未来的影响。将在约旦收集的数据将包括垃圾填埋场的设计和操作、垃圾填埋场的处置能力、废物处置的历史、关于垃圾填埋场附近空气或水质的投诉、废物特性和气候条件。此外，我们亦会收集不同堆填区的地质及土壤特征，以确定影响渗滤液迁移的性质及污染地下水供应的可能性。将使用现成的软件对数据进行环境影响分析，包括用于量化渗滤液流量的填埋过程水文评估（HELP），用于评估地下水风险的EPA渗滤液迁移和转化产品的多介质和复合模型（EPACMTP），以及用于估计气体体积和质量的EPA垃圾填埋气体排放模型。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，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，同时最大限度地减少对环境的不利影响。科学家们将研究在约旦不同环境条件下使用美国的做法，如废物分类和其他操作做法。在约旦的实地考察将包括来自UCF和CEST的科学家。数据分析和环境影响评价将在UCF进行，有两名约旦科学家参加。该项目是互利的，有望促进该领域的研究、教学、培训和学习，并有望使美国研究人员对其他地理区域面临的问题有第一手的了解。它将有助于我们了解在生物反应器条件下操作垃圾填埋场，其中渗滤液和气体排放最小化。该项目符合国际情报机构支持互利合作项目的标准。本项目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.