Too big for homepower but
I thought somebody here might have something to say
about this ...
I attend several civic/community meetings per month...
recently I attended a meeting that outlined the following
plan to put two Methane Electric Generators at a closed landfill.
Each generator can produce up to over +1 MwattHours --
the total facility output of +2 MwattHourss would be
sold back(via Net Metering) to the local Utility (PEPCO).
The project manager overseeing the project says the
generators are rated at about 50 db from about 300 ft
with no sound abatement. Currently, methane leakage
from the landfill is burned off via a CNG Flare or release
via emergency release valves along the perimeter of the
landfill. This project requires a blower/filitration system
that sucks the methane out of the landfill at a much
higher rate than is currently being released normally
by the CNG Flare. The proposed blower/filtration system
is designed to use the electricity created by the generators.
I was told that the lifespan of this landfill methane
reclaimation project is expected to last from 10 to
15 years. The project manager said they would not
be pumping anything into the landfill to extract the
methane - when the landfill methane pressure drops
to a point where it would no longer be economically
feasible to extract the gas out then the
gas-to-electricity project would be terminated.
This is a fast-tracked "Green" project initiated by the local and
state authorities
Stopping it will be very difficult if not impossible - so mye focus is
to prevent
the project from going very badly and to mitigate any negative impact
to the
surrounding community if possible.....
Current CNG Flare Emissions for 2007 ( Normalized to 810 SCFM)
TSP .85 tons/yr
SOx .69 tons/yr
NOx .53 tons/yr
CO €.68 tons/yr
VOC
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