Solid Waste Engineering
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ISBN: 9781305888357
Author: Worrell
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.3P
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The maximum compaction attainable in the landfill.
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the flow of leachate from the bottom of a landfill to a value of 1.0
mm/d. Assume the hydraulic conductivity of the clay material is
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below the surface of the leachate collected in the bottom of the
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(ii) The Kumasi landfill serves a population of 253,000. Each week 325 trucks bring a total of 2180 tonnes of MSW to the landfill. Each truck averages two loads per day. The trucks each has a capacity of 4.5 tonnes, and operate 5 days per week.
(a) How much MSW is generated per person? Give your answer in kg.capta-1.day. (1 tonne = 1000kg).
(b) What is the average load (in metric tonnes) in each truck when they at the landfill? At what capacity are the trucks operating?
(c) If the density of the waste is 265kg.m-3, what is the volume of the MSW disposed of at the landfill each week?
A landfill is to be designed to serve a
population of 200000 for a period of 25 years.
The solid waste generation is 2kg/person/day.
The density of the uncompacted SW is 100 kg/
m³ and a compaction ratio of 0.4 is suggested.
The ratio of compacted fill (i.e. SW+Cover) to
compacted SW is 1.5. The landfill volume (in
million m3) req. is
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