Largest landfill gas plant supplying Staten Island users
The $20 million landfill methane recovery and processing facility at New York's Fresh Kills site on Staten Island, the first on the East Coast, with a capacity of 10 million cu ft per day of raw landfill gas, is a joint venture of Getty Synthetic Fuels, Inc. and Methane Development Corp., a subsidiary of Brooklyn Union Gas Co. The landfill gas (LFG) has long plagued landfill operators who have had to devise various means through the years to contend with this potentially hazardous by-product. The microprocessor-assisted Flo-Cal, gas-fueled angle enginecompressors, the metering station, and the high-speed calorimeter are discussed. Raw landfill gas is withdrawn via 100 wells from the 400-acre section. Water is removed from the gas in an underground separation unit.
- Research Organization:
- Engineering and Testing, Methane Development Corporation, Brooklyn, New York
- OSTI ID:
- 6015489
- Journal Information:
- Pipeline Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 210:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
METHANE
RECOVERY
SANITARY LANDFILLS
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
GAS YIELDS
CALIBRATION
CALORIMETERS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
MICROPROCESSORS
NATURAL GAS
NEW YORK CITY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ALKANES
BIOCONVERSION
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DIGESTION
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION II
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE PROCESSING
YIELDS
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