Testing of fuel cells to recover energy from landfill gas: Groton landfill. Final report, July 1995--July 1997
The report summarizes the results of follow-on tests, following a four-phase EPA program. The environmental impact of widespread use of this concept would be a significant reduction of global warming gas emissions (methane and carbon dioxide). The follow-on testing, conducted by Northeast Utilities at the Groton, CT, landfill, indicated the suitability of the landfill-gas-to-energy conversion equipment to operate on a wide range of landfill gas compositions. Significant test results include successful transportability of the landfill-gas-to-energy equipment, and operation of the gas pretreatment unit (GPU) for an additional 4168 hours (total of 6413 hours) while continuing to remove halides and sulfur compounds to much less than the specified <3 ppmV. The fuel cell operated for an additional 3313 hours (total of 4020 hours), and reflected 38.1% efficiency at 140 kW with a maximum output of 165 kW. Fuel cell adjusted availability was 96.5%, with one forced outage in the entire 4020 hours of operation on landfill gas.
- Research Organization:
- International Fuel Cells Corp., South Windsor, CT (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 339435
- Report Number(s):
- PB-99-105199/XAB; FCR-14749A; CNN: Contract EPA-68-D1-0008; TRN: 90741662
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: See also PB98-127368 and PB98-127376.; PBD: Sep 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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