A Laboratory Experiment and Predictive Model for Evaluating Landfill Cover Controls of Emissions of Volatile Organic Chemicals to Air
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials
- Vol. 5 (3) , 203-218
- https://doi.org/10.1089/hwm.1988.5.203
Abstract
Emissions of VOCs from a simulated landfill have been estimated for different types of cover materials, including soil, kaolinite, montmorillonite, polyethylene films, and composites. A simple diffusion model has been used to obtain a priori estimates of emission fluxes of VOCs. Various factors controlling emission through soil covers such as bulk density, water content, total porosity, and air-filled porosity of cover material, as well as volatility characteristics of VOCs, have been investigated.Keywords
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