Assessment of methane emission from municipal solid wastes disposal sites

  • 01/12/2008

  • Research Journal of Chemistry And Environment

Assessment of landfill gases (LFG) with appropriate methodology for control of green house gas emission as well as possibility for waste to energy conversion are the prime objectives of the study. Generation of LFG from a particular heap of wastes can not be interlinked with the potential of LFG generation. Rather, LFG emission depends on the spatial, physical conditions like anaerobic condition, depth from surface, age of dumping and chemical compositions like carbohydrate and protein contents in the waste.