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Bioenergy recovery from landfill gas: A case study in China

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Landfill gas (LFG) utilization which means a synergy between environmental protection and bioenergy recovery was investigated in this study. Pressure swing adsorption technology was used in LFG purification, and laboratory experiment, pilot-scale test, and on-site demonstration were carried out in Shenzhen, China. In the laboratory experiment, A-type carbon molecular sieve was selected as the adsorbent by comparison of several other adsorbents. The optimal adsorption pressure and adsorption time were 0.25 MPa and 2 min, respectively, under which the product generation rate was 4.5 m3/h and the methane concentration was above 90%. The process and optimization of the pilot-scale test were also reported in the paper. The product gas was of high quality compared with the National Standard of Compressed Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel (GB18047-2000), when the air concentration in feed gas was under 10.96%. The demonstration project was composed of a collection system, production system, and utilization system. The drive performance, environmental protection performance, and economic feasibility of the product gas — as alternative fuel in passenger car, truck, and bulldozer—were tested, showing the feasibility technology for LFG utilization.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Wei Wang & Yuxiang Luo

  2. J&K China Cleaning Energy Technology Company Limited, Beijing, 100085, China

    Zhou Deng

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Wang, W., Luo, Y. & Deng, Z. Bioenergy recovery from landfill gas: A case study in China. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. China 3, 20–31 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-009-0012-9

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