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Assessment of the Variability of the Landfill Gas Composition Captured on a Used Landfill

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An assessment of the variability of the landfill gas components captured on a used waste landfill site since the 1970s, was presented in the article. The amount of waste deposited in the landfill site has decreased more than 2-times during the period of 6 years, excluding organic waste affecting the productivity of landfill gas. Despite of the variability amount of waste deposited, the composition of landfill gas stood out average concentrations of CH4 and CO2, which exceeded 50% and 30%, respectively. This confirmed that the landfill site was still in the methanogenesis phase. The anaerobic processes were taking place in the deposit to a large extent, which was demonstrated by the low average oxygen content of 1.185%, while the highest variability was confirmed by the result of the standard deviation H2S (35.106 ± 69.915 ppm). In June, the highest values of emissions, CH4, CO2 while the general decrease in values did not relate to emissions.

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    Grzegorz Przydatek & Klaudia Ciągło

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  1. Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków, Poland

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  2. Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Kraków, Poland

    Marcin Jewiarz

  3. Institute of Thermal Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Andrzej Szlęk

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Przydatek, G., Ciągło, K. (2020). Assessment of the Variability of the Landfill Gas Composition Captured on a Used Landfill. In: Wróbel, M., Jewiarz, M., Szlęk , A. (eds) Renewable Energy Sources: Engineering, Technology, Innovation. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13888-2_75

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