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Clay liners:
Products, Functions,
Applications and Quality
Minna Leppänen 28.5.2014
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Clay liner – compacted or
geosynthetic?
Compacted clay liner Geosynthetic clay liner
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Clay liner – compacted or
geosynthetic?
Compacted clay liner
+ Local aggregate can be used
+ Thick; provides sorption and attenuation capacity
- Mixed and built on site – time consuming
- Pre-testing and quality control during construction required
Geosynthetic clay liner
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+ Produced in factory + Quality of raw materials
and product tested during production
+ Ease of installation, also on slopes
+ Tolerates small settlements
- Imported / Transported - Thin (can be a benefit too)
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Geosynthetic Clay Liner aka
Clay Geosynthetic Barrier GBR-C
• Typically a thin layer of bentonite power between two geotextiles
• Bentonite can be granular or powder (Na/Ca/Activated) • The geotextiles can be woven or nonwovenpolymer • Also coated geotextiles, and geomembrane/geofilm related
types
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http://www.terrafixgeo.com/products/geosynthetic-clay-liner
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GCL Products
16.6.2014 5 www.geosynthetic-institute.org/grispecs/gcl3pp.pdf.
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GCL Functions
• Impermeability / encapsulation – Watertight (low permeability, k ~ x · 10-11 m/s) – Gastight (if saturated) – (Cat)ion exchange capacity and sorption
capacity • Protection
– Puncture stength / mass & thickness
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GCL Applications
• Ground water protection: roads, railways, chemical storage areas, waste treatment areas etc.
• Landfill cappings • Mine tailings • Ponds for strom water, waste liquids etc. • Water pressure walls • Etc.
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Standard family
• EN 13361 Geosynthetic barriers – Characteristics required for use in the construction of reservoirs and dams.
• EN 13362 Geosynthetic Barriers – Characteristics required for use in the construction of canals
• EN 13491 Geosynthetic barriers – Characteristics required for use as a fluid barrier in the construction of tunnels and underground structures.
• EN 13492 Geosynthetic barriers – Characteristics required for use in the construction of liquid waste disposal sites, transfer stations or secondary containment
• EN 13493 Geosynthetic barriers – Characteristics required for use in the construction of solid waste storage and disposal sites.
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Table 1 from EN 13492:2013 (E)
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Table 1 from EN 13492:2013 (E)
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Roadside protection
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Freezing – thawing: drying - wetting
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Landfill capping
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Chemical compability?
Internal stability and
friction
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Mine tailings
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Kevitsa mining
Long term behaviour, chemical
weathering ?
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GCL Quality
• Quality of the raw materials – Bentonite – Geotextiles resin + production
• Quality of the product • Site specific parameters • Quality of installation
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Bentonite
• a distinct type of fine-grained clay soil typically containing not less than 80% montmorillonite clay, usually characterized by high swelling upon wetting
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Finnish quidelines for landfill
Quality of the bentonite
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Quality control on site
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Overlapping Documentation
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Sampling on site
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Overlapping
In laboratory, typically only testing of mass of bentonite
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Storing
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Installation base and
conditions
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Location, inclination, maximum grain size, evenness…
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Protection
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Maximum grain size
Traffic load
Wetting and swelling, wind and movements
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Details
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Bentonite powder, bentonite paste, overlapping
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Reasons for failure /
misfunction
• Mistakes in installation; wrinkles, too small overlapping, shinkage
• Inadequate cover and protection layer
• Too steep slope • Erosion • Affect of other
materials / freezing-thawing, deccification
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Proposal
• Sertification for – Road side protection – Landfill capping (both
slopes < 1:3 and flatter areas)
– Clean water ponds
• Education for installers – Certicate? – Including the safety
issues
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Thank you for your attention!
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