University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2009 Characterizing Spontaneous Fires In Landfills Shadi Moqbel University of Central Florida Part of the Environmental Engineering Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Moqbel, Shadi, "Characterizing Spontaneous Fires In Landfills" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 3855. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3855 CHARACTERIZING SPONTANEOUS FIRES IN LANDFILLS by SHADI Y. MOQBEL B.S. Jordan University of Science & Technology, 2002 M.S. Jordan University of Science & Technology, 2004 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2009 Major Professor: Debra R Reinhart © 2009 Shadi Moqbel ii ABSTRACT Landfill fires are relatively common incidents that landfill operators encounter which have great impact on landfill structure and the environment. According to a U.S. Fire Administration report in 2001, an average of 8,300 landfill fires occurs each year in the United States, most of them in the spring and summer months. Subsurface spontaneous fires are considered the most dangerous and difficult to detect and extinguish among landfill fires.