Landfill gas characterization and leachate removal at the Alachua County Southwest Landfill, Alachua County, Florida through utilization of a mechanical gas collection system.
Abstract
In November 1992, a landfill gas collection system for
the Alachua County Southwest Landfill was activated and set
so that it was collecting gas from all the wells in a 30-
acre area (operational from 1972 to 1985) , and all the wells
from an 11-acre area (operational from 1985 to 1988) at a
flow rate in excess of 1,000 scfm. In February 1993, an
analysis of the system commenced in an effort to optimize
the flow and the quality of the extracted gas...