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Humans generate tons – billions of tons – of waste each year. At over 2.1 billion tons of municipal waste annually, the world has a significant waste problem. Most of this waste is transported to landfills, where it sits, decays, and releases a suite of environmental pollutants. We see tons of waste dumped in landfills in many parts of the world. Did you know that we can make huge profits from these useless wastes. Yes indeed. We produce valuable electricity and other resources from these waste products. Decomposing trash produces methane, a landfill gas that can be used to produce electricity or heat. The patented process involves capturing and recycling the gas that's produced from generating electricity with landfill methane. The gas can be used to heat the landfill and to provide additional moisture—conditions that can boost the landfill's overall methane production. Carbon dioxide found within the captured exhaust gas will also release additional methane once recycled within the landfill. Landfill gas is approximately forty to sixty percent methane, with the remainder being mostly carbon dioxide. The gases produced within a landfill can be collected or flared off. Once collected, the gas has several different pathways it can take. The landfill gas can be utilized directly on site by a boiler or any type of combustion system. This provides raw heat for processes. Electricity can also be generated on site through the use of micro turbines, steam turbines, or fuel cells. The landfill gas can also be sold off site and sent into natural gas pipelines. This requires the gas to be processed into pipeline quality by removing the water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and any other trace contaminants. Once in the general supply of natural gas, it can be used at power plants producing electricity or in home boilers. |
 
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9 Comments
Thanks for sharing such informative report (y)
Keep the good work Afra .
Regards
Posted 06-04-2015 23:58
Thanks for explaining rotten garbage technology! WE hope this article helps our members learn about the sustainable way of energy use. :)
Posted 03-04-2015 15:35
It would be very useful way towards sustainability if every landfills can be utilized to generate energy.
Thank you for sharing this report with explanatory diagram dear Ni Putu.
Cheers :)
Posted 02-04-2015 23:45
Beautiful!!! you know i always tell my peers, another mans waste is somebody's treasure. All resources have value. Thank you for a great report!
Posted 01-04-2015 19:10
This is a good news. The landfills must be utilized & handled in a way to reduce their size & hazard that they have.
Using Methane to produce electricity has many pros & cons.
Let's hope sooner this may be implemented.
Thanks for the report Afra.
Posted 01-04-2015 13:55
Thank you for your information. Since billion of people produce organic waste everyday, converting biomass into source of energy is an emerging issue
Posted 01-04-2015 09:57
That's a great news! Thank you for sharing Afra :) Biomass is newly surging alternative energy. I am happy to see human finally start trying to use every bit of we can recycle.
Posted 01-04-2015 09:15
Biogas comes pure but methane has to be handled with care because it is highly volatile. Nice report.
Posted 01-04-2015 06:03
Biogas from waste has great potential. I wonder when it will pick up .
Thanks for an informative report.
Posted 01-04-2015 04:19