Landfill Gas Production
US Landfill Gas Resources: A Booming Green Energy Sector
Untapped U.S. Landfill Gas Resources are an Opportunity for Green Investment The American landfill gas (LFG) sector has seen a big change in recent years. It’s now a key player in the country’s biogas world. Even though it’s only 23% of over 2,500 biogas systems now installed nationwide, it captures 72% of all biogas by […]
Trace Gases in Landfill Gas from a Typical United Kingdom Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
Trace gases in UK landfill gas include a mix of VOCs, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, and others. These gases arise from the breakdown of organic waste and microbial actions. Over 500 trace components have been identified, including hydrogen sulfide, vinyl chloride, carbon disulfide, and BTEX compounds…
How the Landfill Gas to Energy Process Works
For those that ever wondered how the landfill gas to energy process (also known as LFGTE) works? This article takes you through how waste management companies convert naturally occurring landfill gas into clean renewable energy at its LFGTE facilities. To give you an idea of how much the landfill gas to energy process is contributing […]
Landfill Gas Production Rate Quick Calculation Method
The Ready Reckoner or Rule of Thumb Estimate of Landfill Gas Production Rate/Yield! Quickly gain a VERY rough estimate of a landfill’s Landfill Gas Production Rate! For the first considerations of a potential landfill gas production rate, before carrying out a full yield evaluation, for landfill gas utilization projects, you can use the following rules (but […]
Why Landfill Gas Recovery is Important
The Importance of Landfill Gas Recovery in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Proportion of Active Landfill Gas Recovery Achievable Over the Life of a Modern Sanitary Landfill Due to its high content of methane, landfill gas recovery can be regarded on the one hand as a useful alternative source of energy, when collected and […]
Landfill Gas Management – How Long Will it be Needed?
How Long Will It Take Before a Sanitary Landfill Stops Producing Landfill Gas? Researchers in landfill gas management who have observed landfill gas generation rates in modern sanitary landfills, and how these vary with time, suggest that: Landfill gas generation rates increase very rapidly after the onset of gas generation (known as methanogenesis), in a […]
3 Methods Landfill Engineers Use to Assess Landfill Gas Production Rates
Many people have decided to assess landfill gas production. Ever since the first gas was seen bubbling from landfills in the 1970s, engineers have predicted landfill gas production, and recently a number of calculation models have been devised to predict the total volume and energy value/ climate change effect of landfill gas over the whole […]
