Ground gas handbook / Steve Wilson, Geoff Card and Sarah Haines.

Ground gas handbook /

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Steve (Civil engineer), Card, Geoff (Author), Haines, Sarah, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
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.
environmental engineering.
urban land use.
sanitary landfills.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

Similar Items