Flux Chamber Design And Operation For The Measurement Of Municipal Solid-Waste Landfill Gas Emission Rates

    Authors

    D. R. Reinhart; D. C. Cooper;B. L. Walker

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc.

    Keywords

    Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Meteorology &; Atmospheric Sciences

    Abstract

    This paper describes a hybrid Flux Chamber-Soil Gas Probe methodology for measuring municipal solid waste (MSW) gas emission rates. Following the design of the flux chamber, the chamber was laboratory tested to define its mixing characteristics and optimum operating parameter values. Flux chamber operating parameters included: chamber pressure, sweep air flow rate, landfill surface insertion depth, and sweep air velocity. Optimum operating parameter values were determined by operating the flux chamber on a simulated subsurface emission source and varying the operating parameters. The laboratory tests indicated that the flux chamber could be operated to provide zero blasing of gas emission rates, resulting in accurate measurement of gas emission rates.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

    Volume

    42

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-1992

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1067

    Last Page

    1070

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1992JK81600007

    ISSN

    1047-3289

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