Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0558744

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0558744

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Experimental and theoretical analysis of gas leakage rate through composite landfill covers due to geomembrane defects. The Australian Greenhouse Office indicated that waste emissions contributed 3.1% of net national emissions in 2001 with methane emissions from landfills accounting for 92% of total methane emissions from the waste sector, despite an increase in methane recovered from solid waste. It pointed out that the recent changes in waste management practices did not have an impact on reported methane emission levels and there is need to undertake a range of activities to reduce emissions from waste management activities. This project will address specifically the above issue by providing a new method of analysis to predict gas leakage rate and allow engineers to propose solutions to mitigate gas escapes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2006

End Date: 01-05-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $168,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Waste management | Industrial/degraded areas

Other Keywords

Civil Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Industrial/degraded areas | Land and water management | Waste management

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