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Remote monitoring of landfill gases from solid waste landfill

Orpen, Dylan, Fay, Cormac orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9104-5527, Phelan, Thomas, Hurrell, Eoin, Foley, Colum, Smeaton, Alan F. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1028-8389 and Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2011) Remote monitoring of landfill gases from solid waste landfill. In: Conference on Analytical Sciences Ireland 2011, 21-22 Feb 2011, Dublin City University.

Abstract
Landfill gas is primarily made up from Methane (CH4) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Global methane emissions from landfill are estimated to be between 30 and 70 million tonnes each year. Methane makes landfill gas explosive when it is present in the 5-15% concentration range. Landfill directives state that licensed landfills in the UK and Ireland should never exceed a concentration of 1% for CH4 and 1.5% for CO2, at perimeter borehole wells[1]. However, the EPA has cited large noncompliance with suggested targets [2]. This is partly due to the single point nature of the CH4 and CO2 sampling, and also the low sampling frequency. This research group has developed a dual autonomous CH4 and CO2 sensor, and has successfully run extensive field trials over the last 2 years. Currently using the system, three live data streams are being populated logging methane and carbon dioxide values in real-time on three different landfill sites.
Metadata
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:No
Uncontrolled Keywords:Landfill gases; monitoring
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Analytical chemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemical detectors
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Environmental Protection Agency
ID Code:16224
Deposited On:10 May 2011 13:57 by John Cleary . Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 11:07
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