Landfill Gas Combustion Articles & Analysis

Type Compact plant HOFGAS® - Efficiency 250 Commissioning December 2001 Site Storkohmo landfill, Kokkola (FIN) Situation Storkohmo landfill is located 400km north of Helsinki on Finland's west coast near the city of Kokkola. Based on local legislation requirements ( reduction of green house gas emissions ) the gas collection system, compressor station with automatic methane ...

By Hofstetter BV

Quick Facts LOCATION: Racine, Wisconsin MARKET SECTOR: Manufacturing FACILITY SIZE: 2.2 Million Square Feet EQUIPMENT: (1) 3.2 Megawatt Landfill Gas Turbine (1) 3.2 Megawatt Natural Gas Turbine FUEL: Landfill Gas and Natural Gas DISTANCE FROM RENEWABLE FUEL SOURCE: 2/3 of a Mile CHP GENERATING CAPACITY: 6.4 Megawatts HEAT RECOVERY RATE: 40,000 lbs/hr Steam HEAT RECOVERY SOURCE: (2) Heat Recovery ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

In landfill gas utilisation the basic task of the control system is to harmonise three completely independent processes. On the one hand, there is the gas production of the landfill which is inconstant. (From a price point of view, hardly worthwhile to store the gas in a gasometer) On the other side the independent gas utilisation process, which orientates itself to the requirement of the ...

By Hofstetter BV

Due to the accumulation of knowledge and the tightening of environmental law, the landfill technology has increasingly become concerned with the management of trace compounds in landfill gas. With landfill gas, contamination is through sulphur, chlorine, fluorine, halogenated hydrocarbons and heavy metals. Other trace elements such as volatile organic compounds (VOC), impose environmental ...

By Hofstetter BV

Interview with Hristo Panayotov, manager of Belfrie. The company is a supplier of modern equipment for industrial and agricultural installations for the extraction, purification, storage and utilization of biogas, landfill gas and other combustible gases. Belfrie is the official representative of Austrian manufacturers Tecon textile constructions GmbH and Ennox biogas technology GmbH as well as ...

By Via Expo Ltd.

Type HOFGAS®- Sparky S Commissioning 2002 Site Marley (GB) Situation The Marley landfill site in England is systematically degassed in order to meet the stringent local regulations. Marley is a proportionally small landfill site and does not deliver enough gas for energy generation. Consequently, the landfill gas is cleaned directly in a high temperature flare. HOFSTETTER’s Task ...

By Hofstetter BV

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts have long been involved with recovering landfill and digester gas for energy to power turbines and internal combustion engines. Their experience led them to identify performance issues associated with these gases. One particular challenge is siloxanes. Cyclic organic silicon monomers (siloxanes) used in the manufacture of personal hygiene, health care and ...

By Pioneer Air Systems, LLC