Recovery and utilization of methane gas from a sanitary landfill: City of Industry, California

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OSTI ID:6411559

Stearns, R P; Wright, T D; Brecher, M

The design and installation of a system to recover and utilize methane gas produced in a completed sanitary landfill is described. A 160-acre landfill, completed in 1967, is located within a larger 500-acre parcel owned and currently under development by the City of Industry, California. The overall development includes two 18-hole championship golf courses, golf clubhouse and service facilities, an industrial exhibit center, swimming pool, and tennis complex. The golf clubhouse and service facilities and industrial-exhibit center occupy a multi-story buildng with a ground floor area in excess of 70,000 sq ft. A 10-story hotel is planned for addition at a future date. The building is being constructed on natural ground, surrounded by the old sanitary landfill. Facilities were required to protect the building from the effects of migrating methane gas. Spurred by increases in energy costs, the City of Industry contracted with SCS Engineers to conduct a landfill gas withdrawal test program at the Industry Hills site. Results of the pilot test program indicated that from 400 to 450 cfm of landfill gas (approximately 50% methane) could be recovered. The gas quantity could be used in an, as-recovered, state to provide for a large percentage of the overall energy requirements for the proposed development for a period from 8 to 15 years. The proposed methane withdrawal system would also aid in protecting the buildings by withdrawing landfill gases and thereby inhibit subsurface migration. Beneficial effects were also projected for controlling carbon dioxide migration to groundwater, and protecting landscaping from the effects of migrating gases.

• OSTI ID: 6411559
• Report Number(s): NP-23648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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