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Methods of Sensing Land Pollution from Sanitary LandfillsMajor cities are congested and large sites suitable for landfill development are limited. Methane and other gases are produced at most sanitary landfills and dumps. These gases may migrate horizontally and vertically and have caused fatalities. Monitoring these gases provides data bases for design and construction of safe buildings on and adjacent to landfills. Methods of monitoring include: (1) a portable combustible gas indicator; and (2) glass flasks valved to allow simultaneous exhaust of the flask and aspiration of the sample into the flask. Samples are drawn through tubing from probes as deep as twenty-five feet below the surface.
Document ID
19990111723
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Nosanov, Myron Ellis (Engineering-Science, Inc. Arcadia, CA United States)
Bowerman, Frank R. (Engineering-Science, Inc. Arcadia, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 71-1042
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sensing of Environmental Pollutants
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: November 8, 1971
End Date: November 10, 1971
Sponsors: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Chemical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NASA Headquarters, Instrument Society of America
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