Technologies for energy recovery of landfill waste: biogas potential in the manaus landfill (am)
International Journal of Development Research
Technologies for energy recovery of landfill waste: biogas potential in the manaus landfill (am)
Received 03rd August, 2019; Received in revised form 06th September, 2019; Accepted 11th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Yasmin Sena Nogueira Amaro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Urban solid waste management (RSU) is one of the biggest challenges in city management, while demand for electricity increases worldwide. Economically viable, socially fair and environmentally balanced solutions to such challenges need to be sought. Waste can no longer be seen as rejecting and being seen as an energy resource. The generation of energy through landfill waste is an alternative to the installation of new plants for energy production, can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and also generate new jobs in the process. The objective of this research was to quantify the energy potential from waste stored in the Manaus landfill compared to the amount of energy already generated on site and the amount of families that could be supplied with their full potential. The results indicate that the landfill currently generates 13,642.83 kWh, but has the potential to produce 19,873 MWh/year, which would be enough to supply about 10,350 homes.
