Ground gas handbook

With the increasing development of brownfield and landfill sites, ground gas is a common problem encountered by engineers and scientists and this book not only raises awareness of the phenomenon but also provides practical solutions to the difficulties experienced. This vital new handbook provides p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Wilson, Steve (Civil engineer), Card, Geoff (Author), Haines, Sarah, 1966- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Dunbeath, Scotland : Boca Raton, FL : Whittles Publishing ; Distributed in North America by CRC Press, ©2009.
Subjects
Landfill gases.
Waste gases > Management.
Land use > Planning.
Environmental engineering.
Land use, Urban.
Brownfields.
Sanitary landfills.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN190444556X
9781904445562
9781680153934
1680153935
143980883X
9781439808832
9781904445685
1904445683
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Regulations and policy guidance
  • Sources and properties of ground gases and vapours
  • Gas and vapour generation and migration
  • Site investigation and monitoring
  • Assessment of results
  • Methods of gas protection
  • Design of protection measures
  • Construction and validation
  • Maintenance
  • Appendix A. Gas monitoring protocol
  • Appendix B. Design report checklist
  • Appendix C. Verification report checklist
  • Appendix D. Examples of poor installation.

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