With today’s focus on renewable energy and carbon emissions reductions, landfill-gas-to-energy projects are gaining momentum. As an important and growing energy production solution within the world’s power generation mix, these distributed power plant systems collect, process and treat the available landfill gas to generate electricity. Two common approaches to landfill gas collection include vertical well extraction and horizontal collectors or trenches.
These distributed power plants use our gas engines as generator sets to turn waste into economically viable electricity.
Extend equipment life and maintenance intervals for landfill applications
Deliver improved output and reliability
Offer lower operating and maintenance costs
Efficient solutions even for the lowest methane content
Reduce environmental impact
Landfill gas is produced naturally as organic waste decomposes in landfills. It is composed of methane and small amounts of non-methane organic compounds. During gas treatment, MWM removes any existing organosilicon content. By capturing the landfill methane (CH4) emissions that would otherwise exacerbate the greenhouse effect if allowed to escape into the atmosphere, MWM is contributing to the protection of the environment. After all, methane has a greenhouse effect up to 25 times that of carbon dioxide.
MWM offers generator sets specially designed for operations on landfills:
A crankcase ventilation pump to eject potentially acidic blow-by gases.
Specially designed aftercooler cores, cylinder heads, main bearings and connecting rod bearings that are hardened against corrosive elements
Differentiated cooling systems to operate at elevated jacket water temperatures to prevent condensation of contaminants