Largest landfill gas plant supplying Staten Island users

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Pipeline Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6015489

Giuliani, A J

The $20 million landfill methane recovery and processing facility at New York's Fresh Kills site on Staten Island, the first on the East Coast, with a capacity of 10 million cu ft per day of raw landfill gas, is a joint venture of Getty Synthetic Fuels, Inc. and Methane Development Corp., a subsidiary of Brooklyn Union Gas Co. The landfill gas (LFG) has long plagued landfill operators who have had to devise various means through the years to contend with this potentially hazardous by-product. The microprocessor-assisted Flo-Cal, gas-fueled angle enginecompressors, the metering station, and the high-speed calorimeter are discussed. Raw landfill gas is withdrawn via 100 wells from the 400-acre section. Water is removed from the gas in an underground separation unit.

• Research Organization: Engineering and Testing, Methane Development Corporation, Brooklyn, New York
• OSTI ID: 6015489
• Journal Information: Pipeline Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Pipeline Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 210:6; ISSN PLGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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