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。     

砂土围压下的废轮胎拉拔试验评估

由于轮胎具有高强度与耐久特性,将废旧轮胎作为加筋土壤结构物的加筋材料,应是21世纪处理废轮胎的一个方向。由于轮胎为一立体结构材料,其所造成的边界影响将不同于普遍使用的平面式土工织布与土工格栅,藉由柔性前壁可有效改善砂土挤压所造成的前壁效应。以完整和一侧被切割轮胎进行试验,在前壁与侧壁效应良好的控制下,经切割的废轮胎能与砂土紧密夯实并增加受正向应力面积,其拉出阻抗优于完整轮胎。当轮胎减少一侧的胎唇钢丝,切割轮胎发生的变形量大于完整轮胎的变形量。以不同的连接材料评估两个轮胎的加筋成效,其结果显示轮胎与轮胎间的拉伸变形将影响其拉拔阻抗,需藉由低延伸性材料与刚性夹片限制轮胎的变形。因此,采用废旧轮胎进行加筋填筑时,需注意轮胎产生的沉陷变形量,此工法可用于边坡或路堤的加筋工程。     

Options for the Treatment and Management of Municipal Landfill Leachate: Common and Specific Issues

This paper aims to explore information from the literature for emphasizing the state‐of‐the art and progress in landfill leachate generation, fate and migration, and treatment. Leachate composition is discussed in terms of types of waste disposed and the processes occurring within landfill. The focus is also on potential pathways of environmental contamination by leachate, which may increase environmental and human health risk. The analysis addresses the opportunity and support for decision making concerning alternatives for leachate management and treatment. Advantages and limitations of treatment methods and processes are discussed considering leachate transfer, physico‐chemical methods, biodegradation, and combined methods.     

Characterising and modelling the excavation damaged zone in crystalline rock in the context of radioactive waste disposal

This paper describes current knowledge about the nature of and potential for thermo–hydro–mechanical–chemical modelling of the excavation damaged zone (EDZ) around the excavations for an underground radioactive waste repository. In the first part of the paper, the disturbances associated with excavation are explained, together with reviews of Workshops that have been held on the subject. In the second part of the paper, the results of a DECOVALEX [DEmonstration of COupled models and their VALidation against EXperiment: research funded by an international consortium of radioactive waste regulators and implementers (http://www.decovalex.com)] research programme on modelling the EDZ are presented. Four research teams used four different models to simulate the complete stress–strain curve for Avro granite from the Swedish Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory. Subsequent research extended the work to computer simulation of the evolution of the repository using a ‘wall-block model’ and a ‘near-field model’. This included assessing the evolution of stress, failure and permeability and time-dependent effects during repository evolution. As discussed, all the computer models are well suited to sensitivity studies for evaluating the influence of their respective supporting parameters on the complete stress–strain curve for rock and for modelling the EDZ.     

A comparative simulation study of coupled THM processes and their effect on fractured rock permeability around nuclear waste repositories

This paper presents an international, multiple-code, simulation study of coupled thermal, hydrological, and mechanical (THM) processes and their effect on permeability and fluid flow in fractured rock around heated underground nuclear waste emplacement drifts. Simulations were conducted considering two types of repository settings (1) open emplacement drifts in relatively shallow unsaturated volcanic rock, and (2) backfilled emplacement drifts in deeper saturated crystalline rock. The results showed that for the two assumed repository settings, the dominant mechanism of changes in rock permeability was thermal–mechanically induced closure (reduced aperture) of vertical fractures, caused by thermal stress resulting from repository-wide heating of the rock mass. The magnitude of thermal–mechanically induced changes in permeability was more substantial in the case of an emplacement drift located in a relatively shallow, low-stress environment where the rock is more compliant, allowing more substantial fracture closure during thermal stressing. However, in both of the assumed repository settings in this study, the thermal–mechanically induced changes in permeability caused relatively small changes in the flow field, with most changes occurring in the vicinity of the emplacement drifts.     

Geochemical study of groundwater mineralization in the Grombalia shallow aquifer,north-eastern Tunisia: implication of irrigation and industrial waste water accounting

Hydrochemistry of groundwater is largely determined by both natural processes, such as dissolution, cation exchange, mixing, evaporation; and anthropogenic activities, which can affect the aquifer systems by contaminating them or by modifying their hydrological cycle. Both natural and anthropogenic processes vary in time and space; which is reflected in groundwater hydrochemistry variation. The objective of this study is the determination of the main hydrogeochemical processes that affect the quality of shallow groundwaters in the Grombalia basin, located in the Cap Bon Peninsula, north-eastern Tunisia. In this area, the chemical composition of groundwater is mostly characterized by Na–Cl–NO₃–Ca water type which reveals the implication of natural and anthropogenic major factors. Natural factors are dissolution of evaporatic minerals, i.e. halite and gypsum and cation exchange with clays, while anthropogenic factors are pollution with industrial Sr-rich waste water and return flow of irrigation water, highly contaminated by MgSO₄ and methyl-bromide fertilizers.     

A review on soil cover in waste and contaminant containment: design, monitoring, and modeling

Soil cover is a widely-used but relatively new method for solid waste containment. Standard while site-specific procedures for cover design, monitoring, and evaluation are needed to insure reliable cover performance. This paper presents a review of soil cover types, design principles and procedures, cover monitoring, and long-term performance modeling. Cover types and cover design are introduced with the general concepts and discussed on their specific applicabilities in different circumstances. Detailed discussion is given on unsaturated flow system properties and their field measurements, including methods, apparatuses/equipments and their advantages and disadvantages. Several unsaturated flow simulators are discussed and compared with regards to their simulation capacities for critical parameters closely related to soil cover performance such as runoff, infiltration and evaporation. Finally, research subjects are suggested for future work for better soil cover monitoring and modeling.     

高放射性核废物地质处置库场址预选和矿产资源勘查的关系

据1999—2007年资料的不完全统计,甘肃省地勘部门在北山地区一共投入4488.2万元人民币,矿产资源潜在价值估计为13.28亿元。一旦把甘肃省北山列为高放废物处置库的预选区,则潜在的经济损失将会很大,还可能影响西北地区的土地利用程度和经济发展。核试验场有多种围岩可供处置库地质选址选择,而且远离国境线与居民区,有利于高放废物处置库的安全管理。结合中国国情,在地质和社会条件有利的核试验军事禁区开展国家高放废物处置库的预选场址工作有独特的优势。提出了尽快在中国核试验场址开展高放废物地质处置库场址预选工作的建议。     

Hazardous Waste Pollution Prevention Using Clay with Admixtures

Landfill is the most commonly used method for disposal of waste materials since it is one of the least expensive methods. In order to dispose of any hazardous material to a landfill, a liner is used, which protects the underlying land and groundwater since it acts as a barrier to fluid movement. Of the various methods available for providing improved and more effective properties of landfills, methods involving the use of bentonite, cement, lime, gypsum, etc., have been explored in the laboratory. The aim is to overcome the problem and deficiencies of the existing liners. It is observed from the experimental results that the metal concentrations of the input waste solution can be reduced to 80–98% using a soil‐cement admixture, 60–95% using a soil‐gypsum mixture, 45–95% using a soil‐bentonite mixture, 50–90% for soil, 35–80% using a soil‐lime mixture, as liner materials. The permeation rate of different metals through the different soil‐admixture media depends on various factors. A simple mathematical treatment of the phenomenon related to the permeation of liquid through the admixture of the clay and other components has been developed. The experimental results show satisfactory agreement with the predictions.