Barrier Systems for Waste Disposal. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Barrier Systems for Waste Disposal Facilities
• Further Information: Note: R. Kerry Rowe, Robert M. Quigley, Richard W.I. Brachman and John R. Booker.
• Authors: Rowe, R. Kerry; Quigley, R. M; Brachman, Richard; Booker, J. R
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Basic concepts; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of barrier systems; 1.3 Transport mechanisms and governing equations; 1.4 Complicating factors; 1.5 Modelling the finite mass of contaminant; 1.6 Modelling a thin permeable layer as a boundary condition; 1.7 Hand solutions to some simple problems; 1.8 Design considerations; 1.9 Impact assessment; 1.10 Choice of barrier system and service life considerations; 1.11 Summary; 2 Leachate characteristics and collection; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Liquid hydrocarbons; 2.3 Landfill leachate 2.4 Collection, clogging and mounding2.5 Estimating the service life of leachate collection blankets; 2.6 Leachate mounding and liner temperature; 2.7 Summary; 3 Clayey barriers: compaction, hydraulic conductivity and clay mineralogy; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Methods of assessing hydraulic conductivity; 3.3 Compacted clay liners; 3.4 Clay mineralogy; 3.5 Clay colloid chemistry; 4 Clay/leachate compatibility by measurement of hydraulic conductivity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Soil-MSW leachate compatibility; 4.3 Compatibility of clays with liquid hydrocarbon permeants; 4.4 Summary; 5 Flow modelling 5.1 Introduction5.2 One-dimensional flow models; 5.3 Analysis of 2D and 3D flow; 5.4 A finite difference approximation; 5.5 Application of the finite element method to the analysis of plane flow; 5.6 Boundary element methods; 5.7 Calculating flow through holes in geomembranes; 6 Chemical transfer by diffusion; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Free solution diffusion (D[sub(0)]); 6.3 Diffusion through soil; 6.4 Steady-state diffusion; 6.5 Transient diffusion; 6.6 Use of laboratory and field profiles to obtain diffusion coefficient D[sub(e)] 6.7 Diffusion during hydraulic conductivity testing for clay/leachate compatibility6.8 Diffusion through geomembranes; 6.9 Summary; 7 Contaminant transport modelling; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Analytical solutions; 7.3 Application of Laplace transforms to develop a finite layer solution for a single layer; 7.4 Contaminant transport into a single layer considering a landfill of finite mass and an underlying aquifer; 7.5 Finite layer analysis; 7.6 Contaminant migration in a regularly fractured medium; 7.7 Finite layer analysis of geomembranes and gas-filled layers where there is phase change 8 Evaluation of diffusion and distribution coefficients8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Obtaining diffusion and partitioning/distribution coefficients: basic concepts; 8.3 Example tests for obtaining diffusion and distribution coefficients for inorganic contaminants; 8.4 Dispersion at low velocities in clayey soils; 8.5 Effective porosity; 8.6 Distribution coefficients and non-linearity; 8.7 Effect of leachate composition, interaction and temperature; 8.8 Diffusion and sorption of organic contaminants; 8.9 Use of field profiles to estimate diffusion coefficients
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.4/4564; Soil mechanics; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling (Waste, etc.); Soil mechanics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482271935; 1482271931
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