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

• Autore: Wilson Steve
• Pubblicazione: Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub.; Boca Raton, Fla., : CRC Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.53
• Soggetto topico: Landfill gases; Waste gases
• Altri autori: CardGeoff HainesSarah
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1.1 Landfill gas incidents -- 1.2 Are other sources of ground gas a risk? -- 1.3 Radon -- Regulations and policy guidance -- 2.1 Planning Policy Statement 23 -- 2.2 Environment Agency policy on development within 250 m of a landfill -- 2.3 Building Regulations Approved Document C (revised edition) -- 2.4 Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act -- 2.5 Legal requirements for maintenance -- 2.6 Climate change -- 2.7 Waste management -- Sources and properties of ground gases and vapours -- 3.1 Sources of ground gas -- 3.2 History of landfilling -- 3.3 Ground gas and vapour properties -- Gas and vapour generation and migration -- 4.1 Methane and carbon dioxide generation -- 4.2 Estimating the volume of methane and carbon dioxide that is generated -- 4.3 Generation of minor component gases (trace gases) -- 4.4 Vapour production -- 4.5 Gas and vapour migration -- 4.6 Modelling gas and vapour migration -- 4.7 Estimating surface emission rates -- Site investigation and monitoring -- 5.1 Strategy -- 5.2 General guidance -- 5.3 Measuring ground gas -- 5.4 Measuring vapours -- 5.5 Monitoring wells -- 5.6 Monitoring protocols -- 5.7 Flux boxes or chambers -- 5.8 Flame ionisation detectors (FID) -- 5.9 Specialist testing -- 5.10 Future directions: continuous monitoring -- Assessment of results -- 6.1 General considerations -- 6.2 Conceptual model -- 6.3 Analysis of ground gas data -- 6.4 Analysis of vapour data -- 6.5 Tier 1 risk assessment: Is there a linkage? -- 6.6 Tier 2 risk assessment: qualitative assessment for methane and carbon dioxide -- 6.7 Screening process -- 6.8 Tier 3 risk assessment: quantitative assessment for methane and carbon dioxide -- 6.9 Assessments for house extensions -- 6.10 Putting ground gas risk in context. ; 6.12 Tier 2 and 3 assessment of vapours and trace gases -- Methods of gas protection -- 7.1 In ground vertical barriers or venting systems -- 7.2 Building protection -- 7.3 Floor slabs and gas-resistant membranes -- 7.4 Passive ventilation below buildings -- 7.5 Active venting below buildings -- 7.6 Positive pressurisation below buildings -- 7.7 Gas monitoring and alarm systems -- Design of protection measures -- 8.1 Defining the scope of gas protection -- 8.2 Low-rise housing with gardens (Situation B in CIRIA C659/665) -- 8.3 All other types of development (Situation A in CIRIA C659/665) -- 8.4 British Standard BS 8485 -- 8.5 Key points for design of gas protection systems -- 8.6 Detailed analysis of venting and positive pressurisation systems -- Construction and validation -- 9.1 Design report -- 9.2 Common problems with installation -- 9.3 Validation -- Maintenance -- Appendix A -- A1 Gas monitoring protocol -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ground gas handbook
• ISBN: 1-68015-393-5; 1-904445-56-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809619203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II