Title :
Opportunity for landfill gas-to-energy projects in the U.S.
Author :
Luo, Dexin ; Thomas, Valerie
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA
Abstract :
The article aims to evaluate total cost and benefit of landfill gas-to-energy projects. The evaluation takes into consideration not only the costs of installing and maintaining the necessary equipment and the revenues from selling the electricity or heat, but also potential revenue from carbon trading of the greenhouse gas emissions that are prevented by these projects and benefit from groundwater remediation.
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; direct energy conversion; sales management; US; carbon trading; greenhouse gas emissions; groundwater remediation; installation costs; landfill gas-to-energy projects; maintenance cost; Carbon dioxide; Cost function; Electrical equipment industry; Fuel processing industries; Gas industry; Global warming; Guidelines; Radiofrequency interference; Resistance heating; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562865
