Smaller cities can now benefit from landfill gas

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · BioCycle; (United States)

OSTI ID:5588233

Florence, Alabama, population 38,000, has developed a system with the help of the Monsanto company, to use the gas generated in it's 21 acre landfill of household waste. A compressor and prism separator system is used to separate methane from the gas generated under anaerobic conditions in the waste. The methane is then piped into the city's gas distribution system and a number of it's vehicles have been equipped to run on natural gas. Payback for the prism system is reckoned at five years, but is site specific although it is well adapted for landfills of various sizes.

• OSTI ID: 5588233
• Journal Information: BioCycle; (United States), Vol. 25:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ALABAMA
SANITARY LANDFILLS
METHANE
RECOVERY
DEGASSING
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NATURAL GAS
PAYBACK PERIOD
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
ALKANES
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION IV
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
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320604 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
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