Regional prediction of long-term landfill gas to energy potential

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2020-2026

  Amini, Hamid R ^a   Reinhart, Debra R ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill gas to energy; Operation optimization; Renewable energy; Waste diversion

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FLORIDA; FOOD WASTE; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGIES; LANDFILL OPERATIONS; LOSS OF ENERGY; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MINIMAL EFFECTS; MODELING UNCERTAINTIES; OIL CONSUMPTION; OPERATION OPTIMIZATION; POWER DENSITIES; REGIONAL SCALE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WASTE DIVERSION;

LAND FILL; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID WASTES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

OIL;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY USE; GAS PRODUCTION; LANDFILL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGY POTENTIAL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960934527     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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