Patents by Inventor Xihui FAN

Xihui FAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10260212
    Abstract: A method for determining breakthrough time of anti-seepage liners in a landfill, includes (a) detecting a leachate sample of the landfill to determine the initial concentration C0 of pollutants, and monitoring the leachate head h of the landfill; (b) determining the pollution-causing concentration CA of the pollutants according to functional orientation of local groundwater of the landfill; (c) determining, related parameters of the anti-seepage liners including the thickness z of the anti-seepage liners, the permeability coefficient k of the liners, and the porosity n of the material of the liners, and determining the related parameters of pollutant migration including the effective diffusion coefficient Da* and the mechanical dispersion coefficient Dm of the pollutants in the anti-seepage liners, and the adsorption retardation factor Rd of the anti-seepage liners on the pollutants; and (d) calculating the breakthrough time t of the anti-seepage liners according to a formula, t = nR d ? z 2 (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Zhu, Shi Shu, Shengwei Wang, Haoqing Xu, Xihui Fan
  • Publication number: 20190085525
    Abstract: A method for determining breakthrough time of anti-seepage liners in a landfill, includes (a) detecting a leachate sample of the landfill to determine the initial concentration C0 of pollutants, and monitoring the leachate head h of the landfill; (b) determining the pollution-causing concentration CA of the pollutants according to functional orientation of local groundwater of the landfill; (c) determining, related parameters of the anti-seepage liners including the thickness z of the anti-seepage liners, the permeability coefficient k of the liners, and the porosity n of the material of the liners, and determining the related parameters of pollutant migration including the effective diffusion coefficient Da* and the mechanical dispersion coefficient Dm of the pollutants in the anti-seepage liners, and the adsorption retardation factor Rd of the anti-seepage liners on the pollutants; and (d) calculating the breakthrough time t of the anti-seepage liners according to a formula, t = nR d ? z 2 (
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei ZHU, Shi SHU, Shengwei WANG, Haoqing XU, Xihui FAN
  • Patent number: 10017911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a MSW (municipal solid waste) landfill barrier system capable of prolonging breakthrough time of leachate and a manufacturing method thereof. The system comprises a leachate collection and removal layer, a first HDPE (high-density polyethylene) geomembrane infiltration proof layer (2), a clay liner (5) and a groundwater collection and removal layer (6) which are sequentially stacked from top to bottom. The clay liner (5) is composed of a lower clay liner (51), a middle clay liner (52) and an upper clay liner (53) which are sequentially arranged, wherein the middle clay liner (52) is filled with a medium-fine sand layer (7) laid with sands of particle sizes ranging from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm and of water content ?3%, wherein the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the medium-fine sand layer (7) varies from 1×10?5 to 1×10?3. A method of manufacturing the MSW landfill barrier system capable of prolonging breakthrough time of leachate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Zhu, Shi Shu, Shengwei Wang, Haoqing Xu, Xihui Fan, Jianping Bao, Fanlu Min
  • Publication number: 20180016766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a MSW landfill barrier system capable of prolonging breakthrough time of leachate and a manufacturing method thereof. The system comprises a leachate collection and removal layer, a first HDPE (high-density polyethylene) geomembrane infiltration proof layer (2), a clay liner (5) and a groundwater collection and removal layer (6) which are sequentially stacked from top to bottom. The clay liner (5) is composed of a lower clay liner (51), a middle clay liner (52) and an upper clay liner (53) which are sequentially arranged, wherein the middle clay liner (52) is filled with a medium-fine sand layer (7) laid with sands of particle sizes ranging from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm and of water content ?3%, wherein the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the medium-fine sand layer (7) varies from 1×10?5 to 1×10?3. A method of manufacturing the MSW landfill barrier system capable of prolonging breakthrough time of leachate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei ZHU, Shi SHU, Shengwei WANG, Haoqing XU, Xihui FAN, Jianping BAO, Fanlu MIN