Int. J. Advanced Structures & Geotechnical Engineering
ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763
VOLUME 03 NO. 03 JULY 2014:
Title:
Statistical analysis of leachate characteristics in
pilot scale landfill lysimeter
Authors: Md. Kamrul Ahsan,
Masum Shaikh, Islam M. Rafizul, Muhammed Alamgir
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to analyze the
characteristics of leachate in pilot scale landfill
lysimeter for inorganic and organic compounds as well as
metal and heavy metal concentrations against their
operational conditions based on statistical tool through
statistical package for social science (SPSS) software.
To these attempts, three pilot scale landfill lysimeter
test facilities were set-up at KUET campus, Bangladesh.
Three different situations of landfill were considered
here, however, both the sanitary landfill and open dump
conditions having a base liner and two different types
of cap liner were simulated. The simulated lysimeters
were maneuvered at different operational conditions of
leachate detection (A1) and collection (A2) system of
open dump lysimeter-A as well as the leachate collection
system of sanitary landfill lysimeter-B and C. Based on
the evaluated results it was observed that the physical,
chemical and biological characteristics of the leachate
varied significantly for different condition of
construction materials used as cap and base liner in
lysimeter. The reveled results of leachate
characteristics were analyzed by statistical tool such
as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and correlations has
also been evaluated and discussed. For analyzing the
leachate data, the confidence level 95% for ANOVA was
considered.
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283-292