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Design of vertical landfill gas collection wells considering non-homogeneity with depth
Qi-Teng Zheng1, R Kerry Rowe2, Shi-Jin Feng3
1Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's-RMC, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
Abstract:
Considering variable gas permeability and gas generation of waste with depth, different combinations of cover properties, vacuum pressure, and horizontal spacing of vertical wells giving rise to a 90% gas recovery rate are identified for typical waste properties. The effects of passive and active gas collection on horizontal well spacing are quantified. The normalized well spacing for 90% recovery is examined as a function of the cover resistance and the vacuum pump capacity. Design charts dependent on changes in gas permeability and gas generation rate with depth are presented to aid in the design of vertical gas wells. It is demonstrated that the non-homogeneity in gas permeability of waste is of great importance. For a conservative design, uncertainty in the non-homogeneity in gas permeability should be overestimated while uncertainty with respect to the non-homogeneity in LFG generation should generally be underestimated. The use of the proposed method for the design of the spacing of vertical gas wells in a situation with waste non-homogeneity is illustrated by a practical example.
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