Estimation of biogas production by LandGEM model and energy recovery potential from municipal solid waste Landfill of Kermanshah, Iran

Estimation of biogas production by LandGEM model and energy recovery potential from municipal solid waste Landfill of Kermanshah, Iran | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Estimation of biogas production by LandGEM model and energy recovery potential from municipal solid waste Landfill of Kermanshah, Iran Ali Jafari, Nasim Nourozi, Danial Nayeri This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5338111/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Nowadays, landfill gases (LFGs) such as methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nonmethane organic compounds (NMOCs) have been considered as the main source of greenhouse gases made by human. Herein, due to the importance, LFGs emission and the energy generation potential of an uncontrolled landfill site, located in Kermanshah, was estimated using LandGEM (3.02) from 2024-2054. In this work electric power generation capacity was estimated by calculating annual production of electric energy (kWh/year) generated for methane emissions from the beginning of landfilling to the end of designed period (30 years). The results indicated that CH4, CO2, and NMOCs emitted from the landfill will peak in 2055 with values of 2.2E+04, 6.0E+04 and 9.4E+02 Mg/year, respectively. The waste production of 285.4 million kg/day is able to provide about 8.8E+07 kWh energy, which will be 0.36% of energy consumption in Kermanshah city in 2054. The results demonstrate a significant energy potential and are very promising. Further, it was estimated that maximum total electricity production of 8.9E+07 kWh will be attained in 2055. Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental sciences Earth and environmental sciences/Environmental sciences/Environmental impact Solid Waste Methane generation Energy recovery Green House Gases Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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