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Title: Generating CO{sub 2}-credits through landfill in situ aeration

Abstract

Landfills are some of the major anthropogenic sources of methane emissions worldwide. The installation and operation of gas extraction systems for many landfills in Europe and the US, often including technical installations for energy recovery, significantly reduced these emissions during the last decades. Residual landfill gas, however, is still continuously produced after the energy recovery became economically unattractive, thus resulting in ongoing methane emissions for many years. By landfill in situ aeration these methane emissions can be widely avoided both, during the aeration process as well as in the subsequent aftercare period. Based on model calculations and online monitoring data the amount of avoided CO{sub 2-eq}. can be determined. For an in situ aerated landfill in northern Germany, acting as a case study, 83-95% (depending on the kind and quality of top cover) of the greenhouse gas emission potential could be reduced under strictly controlled conditions. Recently the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has approved a new methodology on the 'Avoidance of landfill gas emissions by in situ aeration of landfills' (). Based on this methodology landfill aeration projects might be considered for generation of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in the course of CDM projects. This papermore » contributes towards an evaluation of the potential of landfill aeration for methane emissions reduction.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Harburger Schlossstr. 36, D-21079 Hamburg (Germany)
  2. Consultants for Waste Management, Prof. R. Stegmann and Partner, Schellerdamm 19-21, D-21079 Hamburg (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21357658
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Management
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.014; PII: S0956-053X(09)00501-7; Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Journal ID: ISSN 0956-053X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AERATION; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFILL GAS; METHANE; SANITARY LANDFILLS; UNITED NATIONS; ALKANES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FLUIDS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WESTERN EUROPE

Citation Formats

Ritzkowski, M, and Stegmann, R. Generating CO{sub 2}-credits through landfill in situ aeration. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.014.
Ritzkowski, M, & Stegmann, R. Generating CO{sub 2}-credits through landfill in situ aeration. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.014
Ritzkowski, M, and Stegmann, R. 2010. "Generating CO{sub 2}-credits through landfill in situ aeration". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.014.
@article{osti_21357658,
title = {Generating CO{sub 2}-credits through landfill in situ aeration},
author = {Ritzkowski, M and Stegmann, R},
abstractNote = {Landfills are some of the major anthropogenic sources of methane emissions worldwide. The installation and operation of gas extraction systems for many landfills in Europe and the US, often including technical installations for energy recovery, significantly reduced these emissions during the last decades. Residual landfill gas, however, is still continuously produced after the energy recovery became economically unattractive, thus resulting in ongoing methane emissions for many years. By landfill in situ aeration these methane emissions can be widely avoided both, during the aeration process as well as in the subsequent aftercare period. Based on model calculations and online monitoring data the amount of avoided CO{sub 2-eq}. can be determined. For an in situ aerated landfill in northern Germany, acting as a case study, 83-95% (depending on the kind and quality of top cover) of the greenhouse gas emission potential could be reduced under strictly controlled conditions. Recently the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has approved a new methodology on the 'Avoidance of landfill gas emissions by in situ aeration of landfills' (). Based on this methodology landfill aeration projects might be considered for generation of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in the course of CDM projects. This paper contributes towards an evaluation of the potential of landfill aeration for methane emissions reduction.},
doi = {10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.014},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21357658}, journal = {Waste Management},
issn = {0956-053X},
number = 4,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}