title: Evaluating operational vacuum for landfill biogas extraction.
abstract: This manuscript proposes a practical methodology for estimating the operational vacuum for landfill biogas extraction from municipal landfills. The procedure is based on two sub-models which simulate landfill gas production from organic waste decomposition and distribution of gas pressure and gas movement induced by suction at a blower station. The two models are coupled in a single mass balance equation, obtaining a relationship between the operational vacuum and the amount of landfill gas that can be extracted from an assigned system of vertical wells. To better illustrate the procedure, it is applied to a case study, where a good agreement between simulated and measured data, within +/- 30%, is obtained.
authors.affiliation: University of Naples Federico II, Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Girolamo Ippolito, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy. fabbrici@unina.it
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabbricino
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D009930:Organic Chemicals