Evaluation test on a landfill gas-fired flare at the Los Angeles County Sanitation District's Puente Hills Landfill Facility

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6176721

A cooperative test program was conducted from February 18 through February 21, 1986, by Air Resources Board (ARB) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) staff to evaluate the gaseous constituents from untreated landfill gas used to fuel a flare at the County of Los Angeles Sanitation District's Puente Hills Landfill. The flare was fueled with gases generated by the anaerobic decomposition of buried refuse. Emissions of criteria pollutants as determined from ARB test data and mass flow rates and Destruction and Removal Efficiencies (DRE) of non-criteria pollutant compounds determined at the stack from SCAQMD test data are presented. Mass-flow rates and DREs for chlorinated and aromatic compounds determined from data from ARB resin samples are presented. Destruction and removal efficiencies based on mass flow rates for chlorinated compounds ranged from 35 to 99+ percent and for aromatic compounds ranged from four to 99+ percent. Dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls were not detected in the inlet nor the outlet gas-stream samples.

• Research Organization: California State Air Resources Board, Sacramento (USA). Stationary Source Div.
• OSTI ID: 6176721
• Report Number(s): PB-87-204764/XAB; ARB/SS-87-06
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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