Beneficial Use of Landfill Gas

1 page only) With regulatory and environmental pressure toward control of landfill gas (LFG) management of collected LFG has become a significant issue. At a minimum, collected LFG must be flared for control of methane and nonmethane organic compounds. Beneficial reuse of LFG as an alternative to combustion has tremendous potential at most landfills. Issues facing reuse of LFG include gas composition and volume, corrosive nature of gas and combustion products, gas cleanup requirements, the price of energy, and/or identification of end users of energy products. Significant progress has occurred in LFG beneficial reuse research, producing several viable alternatives. Limited demonstration of the more innovative techniques has occurred nationally, and not at all in the state of Florida. The need to evaluate the many available alternatives and pursue demonstration of these techniques, therefore exists in the state of Florida. The specific objectives of this project were to evaluate practical and innovative beneficial reuse opportunities for LFG, with emphasis on on-site techniques, and to identify potential funding sources for pilot demonstration of reuse techniques at a Central Florida landfill. This project involved an extensive literature review, economic analysis of beneficial LFG reuse options, and contact with federal, private, and state agencies (the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, and landfill managers), to explore funding and demonstration siting opportunities. Technical results of this research