A YEAR’S MONITORING OF A PASSIVE LANDFILL GAS BIOFILTER
In landfill rehabilitation programs, biogas management is a major issue. If biogas production is not sufficient for a flare to perform—methane concentration at an average of 30 % and biogas generation under 10 cubic metre per hour—, alternative solutions can be imagined. In particular, numerous writers have shown that it is possible to treat some of that methane by oxidation in the landfill cap or even by using a biofilter. This study takes a look at a French experimental site using this kind of landfill gas treatment.
France numbers an average of one MSW landfill per municipality. A lot of them still have residual production of biogas, whose impact on the greenhouse effect need no longer be proven. The French Environmental Agency, ADEME, sponsors R&D projects that foster economical and systematic solutions that are intended to reduce the impact of landfill gas. In this context, ADEME co-financed CSD Azur’s experimentation of a passive biogas filter on the old Neuville-les-Dames landfill. This trial showed that atmospheric conditions—rain and temperatures—determined distinct periods when the system worked and periods when it failed to do so. Understanding these shortcomings should allow us to make some improvements in the future.
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| Quelle: | Specialized Session F (Oktober 2007) | |
| Seiten: | 10 | |
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| Autor: | Thierry Chassagnac  | |
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