Publication: Heat mitigation in basal compacted clay liners in municipal solid waste landfills
Date
2024
Authors
Jayawardane V.
Anggraini V.
Tran M.-V.
Mirzababaei M.
Syamsir A.
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Springer
Abstract
In municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, biodegradation of the organic MSW fraction results in elevated waste and basal liner temperatures which have the potential to cause the clay component of the basal liner to experience severe moisture loss over time and eventually undergo desiccation cracking. Cracking of the basal liner?s clay component would result in an uncontrolled release of contaminants into the surrounding environment and ultimately give rise to a variety of major environmental concerns. Accordingly, this study examined the variation of temperature-moisture profiles along the depth of a compacted clay liner (CCL) exposed to different constant elevated waste temperatures (CETs) in the absence and presence of two heat reduction techniques, respectively. Rockwool insulation layers with varying thicknesses and galvanized steel cooling pipes with varying flowrates were introduced separately as the two heat reduction techniques. Introduction of both techniques led to a significant attenuation of the temperature rise and desiccation experienced by the CCL in the face of different CETs. An increase in rockwool thickness increments led to a progressive reduction of CCL temperature, while an increase in flow rate under turbulent condition did not have a significant influence on the temperature and desiccation reduction of the CCL. Nevertheless, the present study certainly highlights the potential of the two proposed heat reduction techniques to minimize desiccation and consequently increase the service life of CCLs exposed to different elevated temperatures in MSW landfills. ? The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.
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Aluminum Silicates , Clay , Hot Temperature , Refuse Disposal , Solid Waste , Waste Disposal Facilities , Air quality , Cracking (chemical) , Galvanizing , Land fill , Refrigerating piping systems , aluminum silicate , % reductions , Compacted clay liner , Cooling pipes , Desiccation , Exposed to , Heat reductions , Municipal solid wastes landfill , Organic municipal solid wastes , Reduction techniques , Rockwool , biodegradation , clay liner , cooling , desiccation , insulation , landfill , municipal solid waste , chemistry , clay , high temperature , procedures , solid waste , waste disposal , waste disposal facility , Municipal solid waste