Landfill Methane Emissions

Hamidi Abdul Aziz; Nor Azalina Rosli; Yung-Tse Hung

doi:10.1142/9789811207136_0011

Landfill Methane Emissions

Hamidi Abdul Aziz
, Nor Azalina Rosli
, Yung-Tse Hung

Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Abstract

Methane is a shorter lifetime potent gas (9–15 years) with a high global warming potential due to a strong molar absorption coefficient. As the concentrations in the atmosphere increased due to uncontrolled anthropogenic methane production, it has become more long-lived and causes damages by creating an imbalance between methane emissions and removals. This chapter discusses about methane gas (characteristics and sources), methane generation in landfills (anaerobic decomposition process, source of methane in landfills, and methane reduction),methane emissions (mechanisms and factors influencing the mechanisms), methane in the atmosphere (methane sink and removal), and the impact of methane emissions.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Environment and Waste Management - Volume 3: Acid Rain and Greenhouse Gas Pollution Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207136_0011
State	Published - May 19 2020

Keywords

Methane gas
Source of Methane
Methane Emissions
Anaerobic Decomposition
Landfill
Landfill Gas
Methane Emission Mechanisms
Methane Reduction
Methane Balance
Methane Sink
Methane Uptake

Disciplines

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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