Gas generation at a municipal waste combustor ash monofill - Franklin, New Hampshire
- CMA Engineers, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (United States)
- Rex Technical Services, Bloomfield, CT (United States); and others
The characterization of landfill gas generated at municipal solid waste landfills has received significant attention in the United States in recent years. Generation of gas at municipal waste combustor (MWC) ash monofills is, however, generally assumed to be negligible and there is little, if any, published information available concerning such gases. As ash landfills move towards closure in the future, and as progress continues in utilizing certain components of MWC ash residue in construction applications, it is important to identify the mechanisms by which gases may be generated in MWC ash so that appropriate design and material management decisions can be made. This information is based upon the analysis of gas samples from leachate collection system cleanout pipes at one lined MWC ash landfill. The data were gathered because site operating staff had posed questions as to the contents of the gaseous emissions. The gas characteristics indicated the effects of exothermic chemical reactions in the landfilled ash which affected gas composition in ways which were unexpected, and not widely known.
- Research Organization:
- Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, MD (United States); Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Integrated Waste Services Association, Washington, DC (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States); American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Yonkers, NY (United States). Solid Waste Processing Div.; Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Air Pollution Technology Branch
- OSTI ID:
- 548940
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970440--; ON: DE97007054
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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