Feasibility study: utilization of landfill gas for a vehicle fuel system, Rossman's landfill, Clackamas County, Oregon
In 1978, a landfill operator in Oregon became interested in the technical and economic feasibility of recovering the methane generated in the landfill for the refueling of vehicles. DOE awarded a grant for a site-specific feasibility study of this concept. This study investigated the expected methane yield and the development of a conceptual gas-gathering system; gas processing, compressing, and storage systems; and methane-fueled vehicle systems. Cost estimates were made for each area of study. The results of the study are presented. Reasoning that gasoline prices will continue to rise and that approximately 18,000 vehicles in the US have been converted to operate on methane, a project is proposed to use this landfill as a demonstration site to produce and process methane and to fuel a fleet (50 to 400) vehicles with the gas produced in order to obtain performance and economic data on the systems used from gas collection through vehicle operation. (LCL)
- Research Organization:
- EMCON Associates, San Jose, CA (USA); Cal Recovery Systems, Inc., Richmond, CA (USA); Gas Recovery Systems, Inc., Pasadena, CA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG01-80RA50366
- OSTI ID:
- 6524544
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RA/50366-T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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