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Thermal effects on the compressibility and permeability of municipal solid waste landfills

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The present study reveals the thermal impacts on the compressibility and permeability of municipal solid waste samples with different plastic contents. The specimens were gathered from Kahrizak landfill located in Tehran, Iran. Because of the samples' large particles, experiments were performed in a modified large oedometer at temperatures of 25, 45, and 65 °C. The results showed that the average values of \( C_{\alpha }^{\prime } \) coefficients are in the range of [0.011;0.021]. \(C_{\alpha }^{\prime }\) values varied in the range [0.25;0.46] whereas values of \( C_{r}^{\prime } \) fall in the [0.04;0.07] interval. Also, the values of horizontal to vertical permeability coefficient (kx/ky) are in the range of [3.2;9.5] for 25, 45, and 65 °C temperatures in all samples. Furthermore, the parameters of K0, ν, E, and G were calculated. Overall, the samples' compressibility increases with overburden and thermal enhancement and decreases with plastic content. Also, the permeability of samples (kx and ky) decreased with temperature and plastic content.

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Abbreviations

\(A\) :

Area of cross-section (m2)

\({A}_{n}\) :

Anisotropy of permeability (dimensionless)

\(C_{\alpha }^{\prime }\) :

Modified compression index (dimensionless)

\( C_{r}^{\prime } \) :

Modified unloading index (dimensionless)

\({C}_{\alpha }^{\prime}\) :

Modified coefficient of creep compression (dimensionless)

\(D\) :

Inner cell diameter (mm)

\(E\) :

Geomaterial shear modulus (kPa)

\({G}_{s}\) :

Geomaterial specific gravity (dimensionless)

\(G\) :

Geomaterial shear modulus (kPa)

\({H}_{0}\) :

Sample height (m)

\(h\) :

LTHM oedometer height (mm)

\(i\) :

Hydraulic gradient (dimensionless)

\({k}_{x}\) :

Horizontal permeability coefficient (cm/s)

\({k}_{y}\) :

Vertical permeability coefficient (cm/s)

\({K}_{0}\) :

Coefficient of at-rest lateral earth pressure (dimensionless)

\(t\) :

Time (min)

\(V\) :

Quantity of water (mL)

ν:

Geo-materials Poisson's ratio (dimensionless)

\(\omega \) :

Geo-materials moisture content (%)

\(\Delta H\) :

Variation in sample height (m)

\(\Delta logP\) :

Variation in normal effective stress (dimensionless)

\(\Delta logt\) :

Variation in time (dimensionless)

\({\Delta \varepsilon }_{v}\) :

Variation in vertical strain (dimensionless)

\({\sigma }_{h}\) :

Horizontal stress from the belt-shape lateral pressure cell (kPa)

\({\sigma }_{v}\) :

Vertical stress at the bottom of sample (kPa)

\({\sigma }_{m}\) :

Mean stress (kPa)

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The authors thank the management of Aradkoh processing complex. The authors also acknowledgment the assistance of Prof. Nader Shariatmadari, En. Iman Sheikhosseini Lori.

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    M. Khaleghi, A. A. R. Heshmati & M. Karimpour-Fard

  2. Department of Materials Science and Technology, Federal University of Bahia, 02 Aristides Novis St., Salvador, BA, 40210-630, Brazil

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Khaleghi, M., Heshmati, A.A.R., Karimpour-Fard, M. et al. Thermal effects on the compressibility and permeability of municipal solid waste landfills. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21, 73–90 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-023-05180-5

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