填埋气体运移渗流场-应力场耦合模型及数值仿真

基于流固耦合机制和多孔介质流体动力学理论,根据Landgem产气方程、气体状态方程,结合达西定律、有效应力原理,建立了渗流场-应力场耦合填埋气体运移模型。利用伽辽金方法对模型进行了离散,通过有限元方法对耦合作用下填埋气体压力分布规律进行了数值仿真分析,同时对垃圾填埋变形介质参数以及垃圾降解系数对填埋气体产气量影响进行了定量评价,表明耦合作用下抽气时孔隙结构发生改变,阻滞气体的运移,导致耦合作用较未考虑耦合作用的气体压力低。垃圾填埋气体的产气量小,对变形介质参数和降解系数的定量评价结果表明,垃圾填埋气体的产气量随着渗透系数和降解系数的增大而增加,因此耦合作用不能忽略。这不仅为准确控制气体的挥发与扩散以及气体资源的再利用提供可靠的理论依据,而且对于生态环境的保护和垃圾资源化利用具有重要的理论意义和实际应用价值。     

考虑降解和分级堆填的填埋场一维沉降计算

文章针对填埋场沉降计算问题,对垃圾压缩机理进行了研究,建立了常应力作用下的垃圾压缩模型。该模型将城市生活垃圾的压缩分为主压缩和降解压缩,其中,主压缩与压力有关,降解压缩与压力和降解条件有关。降解条件包括有机质含量和降解速率;结合对填埋场分级堆填过程的分析,建立了考虑降解和分级堆填影响的填埋场一维沉降计算方法,并对计算参数的取值方法进行了研究。     

生活垃圾填埋过程中的沉降分析与计算

结合生活垃圾PTH蠕变方程式中的相关参数,依据重庆市长生桥垃圾卫生填埋场的填埋工艺和填埋方案,得出填埋历程与填埋高度的关系曲线。通过与土压缩理论计算方法相比较发现,土压缩理论中参数选取主要以经验为主,假设条件也与实际情况不符,而PTH蠕变模型中各参数均可由室内压缩蠕变试验得出,依据充分。计算表明,重庆市长生桥垃圾卫生填埋场在填埋过程中产生的沉降达25.72%,在容量估算中如果忽略这一数据则会对填埋场的经济性分析产生一定影响。     

竖向扩建填埋场变形离心模型试验研究

填埋场扩建是增大库容的重要手段,而其引起的沉降变形对填埋场及内部构筑物的稳定性有重大影响。针对扩建填埋场自重应力作用下的沉降变形问题,采用能够模拟我国固废工程特性的人工固废开展了平原型填埋场竖向扩建的离心模型试验。结果表明,堆体自重应力沉降随固废龄期增大而减小,最大沉降可达到堆体初始高度的20%。新老堆体界面不均匀沉降随老堆体龄期增大而减小,界面水平位移最大值出现在新堆体坡肩附近,且随坡比增加和龄期减小而增大。坡比越小,龄期和垃圾坝的作用越明显。垃圾坝对填埋堆体变形的影响随其相对高度减小而减弱。试验结果略大于常用的填埋场一维沉降计算结果,为填埋场增容及中间衬垫设计和稳定评估等提供了参考。     

淮南垃圾填埋场固液气热特性

已关闭的淮南大通垃圾填埋场建场24 a,最大堆填高度为15 m,垃圾最大填埋龄期达24 a。通过钻孔获取不同深度的6个垃圾样,土工试验结果表明:填埋场内垃圾最小孔隙比为1.18,最大孔隙比为2.53,塑料和纸张类含量对试样孔隙比影响较大;经过24 a的扩散,渗滤液透过了10 m厚的天然致密粘土层而对地下水体产生了污染;实测填埋场垃圾体内气体中CH₄的最高体积分数达2.8654%,CH₄/CO₂比值在0.773～1.79;填埋体内最高温度大约发生在垃圾进场40 d后,达到56℃。针对垃圾填埋场固液气热特性,提出了填埋场治理措施的建议。      

城市生活垃圾填埋场沉降监测与分析

2006年9月起于上海老港填埋场开展了示范工程沉降监测项目。该生活垃圾填埋场占地面积约为200 m×125 m,共填埋了约15×104 t来自上海城区的生活垃圾,最大填埋厚度约为9 m。通过填埋期间埋设的水平沉降管,监测到该填埋场不同埋深处的沉降值。介绍了沉降监测系统的工作原理,分析了2006年底至2008年底为期两年的沉降数据。填埋场底部沉降管监测数据表明,场底地基沉降较小,两年的平均沉降为 ～ cm;中部沉降管监测数据表明,该沉降管下方生活垃圾在上方垃圾填埋后产生了较大的压缩,从上方垃圾开始填埋至填埋完毕3个月内的压缩应变约为0.197～0.242;顶部沉降管和中部沉降管监测数据表明,该填埋场垃圾主压缩完成时间约为3个月;由于填埋垃圾有机物含量较高,其修正次压缩指数较大,约为0.066～0.070。     

垃圾土一维压缩修正公式及有机物降解验证试验研究

针对垃圾填埋场沉降计算问题,考虑垃圾土中有机物降解及对降解过程中重度变化,在张振营压缩量计算方法的基础上推导了垃圾土一维压缩计算的修正公式;通过垃圾土有机物降解试验和计算分析,研究了有机物的降解规律;以相同配比的垃圾土进行了垃圾土柱的沉降和计算参数试验,对推导的垃圾土一维压缩计算修正公式进行了验证。研究表明,修正的计算公式能考虑更多的影响因素,有机物的降解规律可以用Richards生物生长规律来模拟,修正的计算公式能够合理地计算出垃圾土沉降的过程。     

城市垃圾填埋场有机物降解沉降模型的研究

研究城市垃圾填埋场的有机物降解沉降是非常重要的,有机物的降解沉降是填埋场的主要沉降,并且降解沉降将持续很长一段时间,较大的沉降能够导致防渗系统的渗漏并损坏覆盖系统。由于垃圾的非均匀性,其土工特性随地域及时间而改变,所以,计算垃圾填埋场的降解沉降是比较困难的。在试验及理论推导的基础上,提出了一种有机物的降解沉降模型,该模型参数较少,利用该模型预测了天子岭垃圾填埋场的库容及有机物的降解沉降。     

热-力耦合作用下垃圾土体积变形特性和模型研究

城市生活垃圾填埋场因有机质降解产热导致其内部温度长期高于环境温度,引发工程运维问题。垃圾土温控三轴试验结果发现,温度变化引起的垃圾土体积应变与应力水平有关,且弹性体积应变占比较大,影响以塑性体积应变为硬化参数的弹塑性本构模型研究。在前期试验基础上,采用GDS温控应力路径三轴仪,研究了排水条件下温度对垃圾土中黏土体积变形特性和压缩特性的影响,并与相同条件下垃圾土体积变形特性进行比较,揭示了温度变化对垃圾土体积变形特性的影响机制。基于垃圾土温控三轴试验结果,推导了垃圾土热弹塑性压缩指数λ_T和热弹性压缩指数κ_T的确定方法;采用等效应力原则,假设温度变化引起的弹塑性体积应变等于某一等效应力增量引起的弹塑性体积应变,建立了垃圾土在热-力耦合作用下的体变计算模型,并对模型进行了验证分析。研究结果表明,孔隙比是影响垃圾土温度体积应变的主要因素;垃圾土的λ_T和κ_T随初始固结应力的增加而减小,比黏土高一个数量级;选取常温下相应固结应力水平的回弹指数κ和压缩指数λ比例值(κ/λ)能够较好地模拟热-力耦合作用下垃圾土的体...     

封顶覆盖黄土气体渗透特性测试及填埋气一维运移分析

黄土在我国西北地区广泛分布,是当地垃圾填埋场封顶覆盖层的主要材料,该材料的气体渗透特性直接影响了覆盖层对填埋气释放的控制效果。利用渗析技术和自制的气体渗透系数测量装置,模拟和测试了干湿气象条件下覆盖黄土服役含水率变化及其对气体渗透系数的影响,并建立填埋气在垃圾体和覆盖层中的一维稳态运移模型,分析了覆盖层气体渗透系数和抽气速率对填埋气释放控制效果的影响。研究结果表明：渗析技术能有效模拟覆盖黄土服役含水率的变化,压实黄土试样的气体渗透系数介于10-17～10-12 m2量级,随服役含水率的增加而降低,且对于压实度比较高的黄土降低得更加明显;覆盖层底部的填埋气压随气体渗透系数的减小而增大,通过覆盖层下部的气体扩散层负压抽气等措施,可有效减小覆盖层底部气压和填埋气的释放量。     

Modeling municipal solid waste landfill settlement

A good prediction of solid waste landfill settlement is important for landfill design and rehabilitation. A one-dimensional model which accounts for mechanical settlement and biodegradation processes is developed to simulate the settlement behavior of municipal solid waste landfill. The derivation of analytical solutions for specific conditions is introduced. The numerical approach, capable of coping with more general conditions, is also presented to estimate the spatial and temporal distribution of landfill settlement. The proposed model can simulate typical features of short- and long-term landfill settlement behaviors. With proper selection of parameter values, field measurements are well simulated by this model. The effects of some design parameters on the settlement behavior of municipal solid waste landfills are also examined with the help of this model.     

Stability Analyses of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills with Decomposition

A bioreactor landfill is operated to enhance refuse decomposition, gas production, and waste stabilization. Some of the potential advantages of bioreactor include rapid stabilization of waste, increased landfill gas generation, gain in landfill space, enhanced leachate treatment, and reduced post closure maintenance period. Due to the accelerated decomposition and settlement of solid waste, bioreactor landfills are gaining popularity as an alternative to the conventional Subtitle D landfills. However, the addition of leachate to accelerate the decomposition changes the physical and engineering characteristic of waste and therefore affects the geotechnical characteristics of waste mass. The changes in the physical and mechanical characteristics of solid waste with time and decomposition are expected to affect the shear strength of waste mass. The objective of this paper is to analyze the stability of solid waste slopes within the bioreactor landfills, as a function of time and decomposition. The finite element program PLAXIS is used for numerical modeling of bioreactor landfills. Stability analysis of bioreactor landfills was also performed using limit equilibrium program STABL. Finally the results from finite element program PLAXIS and limit equilibrium program STABL are compared. GSTABL predicted a factor of safety of more than 1 in all the cases analyzed, whereas PLAXIS predicted a factor of safety of less than 1 at advanced stages for a slope of 2:1. However, the interface failures between solid waste and landfill liners have not been considered in this paper.     

考虑有机物降解的变形试验和计算方法研究

垃圾土变形中有机物降解是一个非常重要的因素,又是很复杂的过程。进行了温度与湿度小范围波动、无压力、持水率条件下有机物降解的质量跟踪试验和垃圾土柱沉降试验,且在质量跟踪试验中还进行了淋滤液产生量的同步测定,分析了有机物降解的质量变化、质量变化速率的规律,初步明确了有机物降解的规律性结论。在质量跟踪试验的基础上,初步提出了有机物降解随时间变化规律的数学表达和3个基本计算参数的确定方法,计算结果与试验结果比较接近。用质量跟踪试验的研究结果对垃圾土柱试验进行了计算模拟,分别计算和分析了次压缩和有机物降解沉降随时间变化的过程。计算结果表明,在总的长期沉降中有机物降解引起的沉降比次压缩影响要大,考虑有机物降解和次压缩的计算结果与试验结果吻合较好。     

Permeability of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfill with Degradation

Bioreactor landfills are operated for rapid stabilization of waste, increased landfill gas generation for cost-effective energy recovery, gain in landfill space, enhanced leachate treatment, and reduced post closure maintenance period. The fundamental process of waste stabilization in bioreactor landfill is recirculation of generated leachate back into the landfills. This creates a favorable environment for rapid microbial decomposition of the biodegradable solid waste. In order to better estimate the generated leachate and design of leachate recirculation system, clear understanding of the permeability of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) with degradation and the factors influencing the permeability is necessary. The objective of the paper is to determine the changes in hydraulic properties of MSW in bioreactor landfill with time and decomposition. Four small-scale bioreactor landfills were built in laboratory and samples were prepared to represent each phase of decomposition. Then, the changes in hydraulic properties of MSW in bioreactor landfill with time and decomposition were determined. A series of constant head permeability tests were performed on the samples generated in laboratory scale bioreactor landfills to determine variation of permeability of MSW with degradation. The test results indicated that the permeability of MSW in bioreactor landfills decreases with decomposition. Based on the test results, the permeability of MSW at the first phase of degradation was estimated as 0.0088 cm/s at density 700 kg/m³. However, with degradation, permeability decreased to 0.0013 cm/s at the same density, for MSW at Phase IV.     

Field-monitored settlement and other behavior of a multi-stage municipal waste landfill, Korea

The behavior of the Gimpo #2 landfill, which is an active landfill and the largest in Korea, is analyzed using field measurement data obtained from various field instruments installed within the landfill. The data included in this analysis are the leachate head within the landfill, waste load data using soil pressure plate and settlement data from settlement plate on the surface of the waste of each stage fill including the settlement of the soft foundation clay soil. Landfill blocks are selected both near the embankment and in the center area of the landfill. The analysis of the field-monitored data showed that the leachate head increase was negligible near the embankment. It was significant in the central block as the waste loads increase and reached 15 m at the fourth stage of waste disposal. The reason that the leachate head is higher in the central block than near the embankment is due to the long drainage path and the loss of gradient of drain pipes. The range of unit weight of the waste converted from the measurement data of earth pressure cell was 0.91–1.24 t/m³ and the average value was 1.05 t/m³. The values reflect well the waste compositions recently buried in GML #2, since from 1998 the waste disposed in GML #2 did not contain food waste. The magnitude of final settlements that occurred in each stage loading of 5 m thickness in the peripheral block was very close to 120 cm. The settlement rate of the waste by dividing the thickness of waste was 24 %. This rate can be divided into 10 % by waste loading and 14 % by waste decomposition. The delay of settlements is recognized in each waste layer for second and third loading in the central block due to the accumulation of leachate within the landfill.     

地表水入渗对垃圾填埋场水质水量影响的数值模拟分析

将填埋垃圾视作一种特殊土体,建立了综合描述垃圾填埋场内渗滤液水分的饱和-非饱和渗流、垃圾土体沉降变形、有机污染物的释放、迁移、转化,以及微生物的生长、衰减等物理化学过程的多场耦合仿真分析模型,将任意的Lagrangian- Eulerian（ALE）方法引入到模型求解中,基于自行开发的仿真分析程序,开展了地表水入渗对垃圾填埋场水质、水量影响的数值仿真分析研究。模拟结果表明：300 d的非饱和水分入渗及内源水产生可使填埋单元内渗滤液饱和液面最高达6 m;地表水入渗对水相可溶性可降解有机物浓度和厌氧微生物浓度具有显著的影响,并间接地影响固相可溶性可降解有机物和微生物的浓度分布。     

Behavior of a municipal landfill from field measurement data during a waste-disposal period

The behavior of a municipal waste landfill on marine clay was analyzed from field measurement data. Instruments, e.g., a groundwater level sensor, piezometer, earth pressure gauge, settlement plates, inclinometer, etc., were installed and operated during the disposal period from October 1992 to November 2000. A database system was developed to manage the data from this landfill using Access (Microsoft) with Delphi programs. From the analyses, it was determined that the settlement of the landfill during the initial period of waste disposal was small because of the high leachate level in the landfill. As the level of waste became higher than the leachate level, the settlement of the landfill increased significantly due to the increasing effective pressure within the landfill. From a stability point of view, the critical time for the landfill in this study was the initial period of landfill disposal, which was caused by either the impact load of waste disposal or the time schedule of waste disposal, which was faster than the consolidation of foundation clay caused by the waste load.     

Dynamic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills with Degradation

Bioreactor landfills are operated to enhance refuse decomposition, gas production, and waste stabilization. The major aspect of bioreactor landfill operation is the recirculation of collected leachate back through the refuse mass. Due to the presence of additional leachate and accelerated decomposition, the characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in bioreactor landfills are expected to change. About 50% of the continental United States comes under the designated seismic impact zone. The federal regulations have focused increase attention on seismic design of solid waste fills, and have mandated that the solid waste landfills located in the seismic impact zones should be designed to resist the earthquake. Accordingly, assessment of dynamic properties of landfills is one of the major geotechnical tasks in landfill engineering. In order to understand the changes in dynamic properties of bioreactor waste mass with time and decomposition, four small scale bioreactor landfills were simulated in laboratory and samples were prepared to represent each phase of decomposition. The state of decomposition was quantified by methane yield, pH, and volatile organic content (VOC). A number of Resonant Column (RC) tests were performed to evaluate the dynamic properties (stiffness and damping) of MSW. The test results indicated that the normalized shear modulus reduction and damping curves are significantly affected by the degree of decomposition. The shear modulus increased from 2.11 MPa in Phase I to 12.56 MPa in Phase IV. The increase was attributed to the breakdown of fibrous nature of solid waste particles as it degrades. Therefore, considering MSW properties to be uniform throughout the bioreactor landfill is not a reasonable assumption and the shear modulus reduction curves should be evaluated based on the degree of MSW decomposition, rather than the sample composition itself.