Landfill gas recovery

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · BioCycle; (United States)

OSTI ID:5925151

MacDonald, A

This facility describes a project that began four years ago as an effort to control odor, but has since grown into the Northeast's largest landfill gas-to-electricity power project. A series of wells and miles of pipe snaking beneath the ground channel gas to the power plant. When operating at capacity, the Northeast Landfill Power Project in Rhode Island can produce 12.3 megawatts of electricity for sale enough to power about 17,500 households. Landfill gas (LFG) is produced naturally as organic solid waste decomposes. Typically, LFG consists of methane (50 to 55 percent), carbon dioxide (45 to 50 percent),a nd small amounts of nitrogen, oxygen and various trace elements. Left uncontrolled, LFG will migrate out of a landfill and into the atmosphere, creating odor, safety and environmental problems.

• OSTI ID: 5925151
• Journal Information: BioCycle; (United States), Journal Name: BioCycle; (United States) Vol. 32:8; ISSN BCYCD; ISSN 0276-5055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090900* -- Biomass Fuels-- Processing-- (1990-)
ALKANES
BIODEGRADATION
BIOSYNTHESIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
METHANE
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ODOR
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
POWER PLANTS
RHODE ISLAND
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SYNTHESIS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES