Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Demonstration Project

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6753620

Medium Btu methane gas is a naturally occurring byproduct of anaerobic digestion of landfilled municipal solid waste. The energy potential of landfill gas in New York State is estimated to be 61 trillion Btu's per year or the equivalent of 10% of the natural gas used annually in the state. The 18-month Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Demonstration Project conducted at the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, New York conclusively demonstrated that landfill gas is an acceptable fuel for producing electricity using an internal combustion engine/generator set. Landfill gas proved to be a reliable and consistent fuel source during a six-month field test program. Engine exhaust emissions were determined to be comparable to that of natural gas and no unusually high corrosion rates on standard pipeline material were found.

• Research Organization: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-79CS20292
• OSTI ID: 6753620
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/20292-1; ON: DE83002891
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
09 BIOMASS FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
BIOSYNTHESIS
POWER GENERATION
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
COMPRESSORS
CONSTRUCTION
CORROSION
DESIGN
DRYING
METHANE
OPERATION
PIPELINES
ALKANES
BIOCONVERSION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DIGESTION
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
SYNTHESIS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
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