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RECORD NUMBER: 30 OF 1147

Main Title Analysis of factors affecting methane gas recovery from six landfills /
Author Campbell, D. ; Epperson, D. ; Davis, L. ; Peer, R. ; Gray., W.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Campbell, D.
Thorneloe, Susan.
CORP Author Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1991
Report Number PB92101351; EPA/600/2-91/055; EPA-68-D9-0054
Stock Number PB92-101351
OCLC Number 52465220
Subjects Landfill gases--United States ; Methane--United States ; Air quality management--United States
Additional Subjects Methane ; Earth fills ; Gas production ; Materials recovery ; Waste disposal ; Emission factors ; Air pollution control ; Pilot studies ; On-site investigations ; Field tests ; Climates ; Data processing ; Mathematical models ; Site characteristics ; Global aspects ; Study estimates ; Pollution sources ; Greenhouse effect
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91008GNK.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-91-055 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/14/2013
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-91-055 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB92-101351 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of a pilot study of six U.S. landfills that have methane (CH4) gas recovery systems. (NOTE: The study was a first step in developing a field testing program to gather data to identify key variables that affect CH4 generation and to develop an empirical model of CH4 generation based on those variables. The field test program development, in turn, is part of EPA/AEERL's research program aimed at improving global landfill CH4 emissions estimates.) To evaluate the effects of climate on CH4 production and recovery, the six sites represented a variety of moisture and temperature patterns (i.e., hot and wet, cool and wet, hot and dry). Landfill gas was tested at each landfill to evaluate the quality of the gas recovery data available at each. The testing included assessing the adequacy of on-site instrumentation and scanning the landfill surfaces for organic vapors that would indicate emissions of CH4. In addition, information on waste composition and landfill characteristics was sought for each landfill. Except for flow measurements, the test procedures selected were well suited to the types of gas recovery installations encountered at the landfills visited. Based on comparisons between EPA Reference Method 3C and instrument analyses of the landfill gas compositions, all on-site analysis instruments appeared to be operating with reasonable accuracy.
Notes
"EPA/600/2-91/055." "September 1991." "EPA Project Officer: Susan Thorneloe." PB-92-101351--NTIS.