Case Study: Landfill Power Generation
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Case Study |
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| Description: | Greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere not only through the burning of fossil fuels, but from methane releases from landfills as well. To lessen the amount of methane being vented into the atmosphere, the methane can be burned to generate electricity. A landfill energy collection system is an environmentally efficient idea, but it has a large startup investment. This case study examines a York, PA landfill and investigates the benefits of installing power generation equipment both on a financial and environmental basis. |
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| Keywords: | engineering general |
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| Publication Date: | February 2000 |
| Platform/Format: |
Cross Platform |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/gd/education/landfill-case.pdf |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Copyright Fall 2000 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Center for Sustainable Engineering Electronic Library
NEEDS
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