Fines migration from soil daily covers in Hong Kong landfills |
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| Authors: | Kelvin TW Ng Irene MC Lo |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Agriculture, Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;2. College of Engineering, Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;1. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China;2. Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China |
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| Abstract: | Laboratory tests using 240 mm diameter columns were conducted to study fines migration in conditions that simulate daily soil covers in Hong Kong municipal solid waste landfills. Five factors suspected to affect fines migration were examined: moisture content at soil compaction, overburden pressure, pumping rate, cover thickness, and soil-waste interface condition. The results show that moisture content at compaction, cover thickness, and soil-waste interface are the most influential parameters on fines migration in completely decomposed granite daily covers. The measured equivalent sizes of migratory fines from the soil covers were in the range of 4–140 μm. The majority of migratory fines migrated during first permeations, representing 64–86% of the total by mass. Larger particles tended to migrate from the soil mass during the saturation process. In a typical run, about 0.0018% of the total cover soil (by dry weight) was washed out during a typical 1 h rainfall event. The results of the laboratory studies point to important engineering implications on the operation of local MSW landfills regarding the use of sandy daily covers. |
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