Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
i
:
1Year
(IPCC):
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
k
:
Methane generation rate (per year)
k
:
Decay rate for the waste type j
j
:
Waste type category (index)
L
:
Potential methane generation capacity of the waste (m
3
/Mg)
(LFG):
Landfill Gas
M
:
Mass of waste accepted in the year
I
(Mg)
MCF:
Methane correction factor for aerobic decomposition of waste
(MSW):
Municipal Solid Waste
n
:
(year of the calculation)- (initial year of waste acceptance)
(NIMBY):
Not in My Back Yard
(NMOC):
Non-Methane Organic Compounds
(NMVOC):
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds.
(NSPS):
New Source Performance Standards
(OSHA):
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OX:
Oxidation factor (reflecting the amount of methane that is oxidized
in the soil or other material covering the waste
(PAFC):
Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
(POTW):
Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Q
Annual Methane generation in the year of the calculation (m
3
/year)
:
CH
4
Q
Methane
flow rate (m
3
/min)
:
methane
(RCRA):
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RDF):
Refuse Derived Fuel
(SWANA):
Solid Waste Association of North America
(SWDSs):
Solid Waste Disposal Sites
Age of the j
th
section of waste mass
M
accepted in the i
th
year
i
t
:
(TOC):
Total Organic Carbon
(TSS):
Total Suspended Solids
(UNFCC):
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(VOC):
Volatile Organic Compounds
w
:
Mass of refuse (Mg)
W
:
Mass of the waste deposited in the landfill
(WAC):
Waste Acceptance Criteria
x
:
Year during the crediting period: x runs from the first year of the
first crediting period (x = 1) to the year y for which avoided
emissions are calculated (x = y)
y
:
Year for which methane emissions are calculated
φ
:
Model correction factor to account for model uncertainties
