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Title: Smaller cities can now benefit from landfill gas

Abstract

Florence, Alabama, population 38,000, has developed a system with the help of the Monsanto company, to use the gas generated in it's 21 acre landfill of household waste. A compressor and prism separator system is used to separate methane from the gas generated under anaerobic conditions in the waste. The methane is then piped into the city's gas distribution system and a number of it's vehicles have been equipped to run on natural gas. Payback for the prism system is reckoned at five years, but is site specific although it is well adapted for landfills of various sizes.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5588233
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
BioCycle; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 25:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; ALABAMA; SANITARY LANDFILLS; METHANE; RECOVERY; DEGASSING; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; NATURAL GAS; PAYBACK PERIOD; SEPARATION EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; ALKANES; ENERGY SOURCES; FEDERAL REGION IV; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; USA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 090122* - Hydrocarbon Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989); 320604 - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Municipal Waste Management- (1980-)

Citation Formats

. Smaller cities can now benefit from landfill gas. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
. Smaller cities can now benefit from landfill gas. United States.
. 1984. "Smaller cities can now benefit from landfill gas". United States.
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abstractNote = {Florence, Alabama, population 38,000, has developed a system with the help of the Monsanto company, to use the gas generated in it's 21 acre landfill of household waste. A compressor and prism separator system is used to separate methane from the gas generated under anaerobic conditions in the waste. The methane is then piped into the city's gas distribution system and a number of it's vehicles have been equipped to run on natural gas. Payback for the prism system is reckoned at five years, but is site specific although it is well adapted for landfills of various sizes.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5588233}, journal = {BioCycle; (United States)},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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