Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Waste Management & Research
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Siegal, J. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Siegal, J. P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Testing Large Landfill Sites Before Construction of Gas Recovery Facilities {ddagger}

Joan P. Siegal

GSF Energy Inc., Signal Hill, CA 90806, U.S.A.

The great variability in landfill refuse characteristics such as moisture, pH, temperature, cellulose content, age. and cover make it difficult to extrapolate test data from one site to another. The quantity of raw extractable gas from 23 GSF test sites was found to range from 4 to 29 1 m-3 day-1 (0.11-0.78 CFD/CY) of refuse. By field testing of sites, the probability of a successful project can be greatly enhanced. On large landfills, the benefits of extensive testing outweigh initial costs. In addition to determining potential gas production, well tests also determine: the location of high perched water zones; concentrations of corrosive trace contaminants so that adequate pretreatment facilities can be designed; and composition of refuse samples to determine the rate of decay. This allows the developer to optimize plant size, resulting in maximum return on investment. As data from landfill tests are used in simulation modelling to predict gas generation rates for designing plant capacity, simulation models that do not use actual site-derived test data can create erroneous results.

Key Words: Landfill gas • rate of decay • corrosive trace contaminants • perched water zones • testing • optimization • costs • benefits.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 123-131 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X8700500115
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?