Hydraulic conductivity predictive model of RHA-ameliorated laterite for solving landfill liner leachate, soil and water contamination and carbon emission problems

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dc.contributor.authorOnyelowe, Kennedy C.
dc.contributor.authorEbid, Ahmed M
dc.contributor.authorBaldovino, Jair de Jesús Arrieta
dc.contributor.authorOnyia, Michael E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-03T15:28:39Z
dc.date.available2023-07-03T15:28:39Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe environment is seriously being affected by the leachate release at the unconstructed and badly constructed waste containment or landfill facilities around the globe. The worst hit is the developing world where there is little or totally no waste management system and facilities to receive waste released into the atmosphere. This research work is focused on the leachate drain into the soil and the underground water from landfills, which toxicifies both the soil and the water. Also, the construction of the liner or barrier with cement poses serious threat to the environment due to oxides of carbon release and this research also took this into account by replacing the utilization of cement with rice husk ash (RHA), which has proven to have the potentials of replacing cement as a supplementary binder. Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the hydraulic conductivity (K) of lateritic soil (LS) ameliorated with different dosages of RHA. Other hydromechanical properties of the treated blend were studied and multiple data were generated for the artificial neural network (ANN) back-propagation (-BP), genetic algorithm (GA) and gradual reducing gradient (GRG), genetic programming (GP) and evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR) prediction exercises. Results show that the LS was a poorly graded A-2 sandy silt soil, which was subjected to three different compaction energies with the minimum of the British standard light (BSL) and derived k of 6.95E-10, 50.75E-10 and 32.33E-10 for BSL, west African standard and British standard heavy, respectively. The RHA addition improved the studied properties of the ameliorated LS. Out of the five models, the ANN-GRG outclassed others with a performance of 99% with minimal error compared with the rest. Potentially, this research has shown that RHA with a pozzolanic chemical moduli of 81.47% can replace cement in the construction of ecofriendly and more efficient landfills and waste containemnt barriers to save the soil and the underground water as well as the environment from leachate contamination and carbon emissions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOnyelowe, K. C., Ebid, A. M., de Jesús Arrieta Baldovino, J., & Onyia, M. E. (2022). Hydraulic conductivity predictive model of RHA-ameliorated laterite for solving landfill liner leachate, soil and water contamination and carbon emission problems. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 17, 1134-1144.https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctac077en_US
dc.identifier.issn1748-1325
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9028
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Low-Carbon Technologiesen_US
dc.subjectCarbon emission problemsen_US
dc.subjectSoil and water contaminationen_US
dc.subjectRHA-ameliorated lateriteen_US
dc.subjectHydraulic conductivityen_US
dc.titleHydraulic conductivity predictive model of RHA-ameliorated laterite for solving landfill liner leachate, soil and water contamination and carbon emission problemsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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