Class Materials

CE 796 Advanced Solid Waste Engineering

Class Resources

• Policies for Strengthening Markets for Recyclables: A Worldwide Perspective

Landfill Gas Modeling

• SWANA Landfill Gas Model
• Dutch Multi-Phase Landfill Gas Model
• Reinhart Bioreactor Decay
• Outer Loop Decay Rate Study
• Waste Component Methane Yields
• IPCC Methodology
• IPCC Calculator

CE 477 & 577 Principles of Solid Waste Engineering

Start-Up Materials

• Course Description
• Syllabus
• Solid Waste Management Alternatives
• Homework Rules
• Writing Tips
• CE 577 Termpaper
• Current Events: Recycle Prices

Lectures

• Lecture Set 1 (09): Introduction
• Lecture Set 2 (09): Waste Characterization
• Lecture Set 3 (09): Recyclable Materials Part 1
• Lecture Set 4 (09): Recyclable Materials Part 2
• Lecture Set 5 (09): Recyclable Materials Part 3
• Lecture Set 6 (09): Recycling Policy
• Lecture Set 7 (09): Life-Cycle Analysis
• Lecture Set 8 (09): Collection
• Lecture Set 9 (09): Vehicle Routing and Transfer Stations
• Lecture Set 10 (09): Waste Transfer Pictures
• Lecture Set 11 (09): Material Recovery Facilities
• Lecture Set 12 (09): MRFs Conveyor Supplement
• Lecture Set 13 (09): Financing SWM Facilities
• Lecture Set 14 (09): Landfills: Introduction & Site Assessment
• Lecture Set 15 (09): Landfills: Liners & Covers
• Lecture Set 16 (09): Landfills: Liner Flux
• Lecture Set 17 (09): Landfills: Regulations
• Lecture Set 18 (09): Landfills: Operations
• Lecture Set 19 (09): Landfills: Slope Stability
• Lecture Set 20 (09): Landfills: Water Balance
• Lecture Set 21 (09): Landfills: Refuse Decomposition
• Lecture Set 22 (09): Landfills: Gas & Leachate
• Lecture Set 23 (09): Landfills: Bioreactors
• Lecture Set 24 (09): Landfills: Long-Term Management
• Lecture Set 25 (09): Combustion
• Lecture Set 26 (09): Composting

Waste Characterization

• US EPA Waste Characterization Report (2001)
• US EPA Waste Characterization Report (2003)
• US EPA Waste Characterization Appendix (2003)
• US EPA Waste Characterization Report (2005)
• US EPA Waste Characterization Report (2005)
• US EPA Waste Characterization Report (2007)
• State of Garbage in US: 2006
• State of Garbage in US: Data Analysis
• Waste Composition Data for Selected States
• Commercial Waste Generation Factors
• Minnesota Waste Characterization
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• Yard Waste Composition
• Household Food Residuals Diversion

Recyclables Policy and Life-Cycle Analysis

• LCA Principles and Practice
• An Assessment of Futures Markets for Recyclables
• Policies for Strengthening Markets for Recyclables: A Worldwide Perspective
• MSW Recycling Issues
• Life Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management ­ 1. Model Development
• Life Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management ­ 2. Illustrative Applications

Transfer Stations and MRFs

• Transfer Station Layout
• Transfer Station Design Tips
• MRF Description
• MRF Equipment
• Single Stream Recycling
• Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion
• Construction & Demolition Sorting

Landfills

• Introduction to Waste Containment: Front Matter
• Introduction to Waste Containment Ch. 1
• Leachate Head Estimation
• Evapotranspiration Cover Design
• Methane Oxidation Cover Design
• Methane Oxidation Field Study
• Transport Through Landfill Liners
• Refuse Decomposition
• Leachate Composition
• Bioreactors: State-of-the-Practice
• Yolo County Bioreactor
• Long-Term Landfill Management

Composting

• Composting Technology

Combustion

• Life-Cycle Inventory of MSW Combustion

Pictures

• Rail Hauling
  
• C&D MRF in Raleigh, NC
• MRF
• Composting
• Landfill in Power Point
• Landfill as a PDF

CE 574 Chemical Principles of Environmental Engineering

Start-Up Materials

• Course Description
• Syllabus
• Homework Rules

Handouts

• pH pC Diagram Template

Visual Minteq

• Download Instructions
• Minteq Documentation
• Minteq Documentation Addendum 1
• Minteq Documentation Addendum 2