Economic and environmental evaluation of landfill gas utilisation: A multi-period optimisation approach for low carbon regions

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Saeed Isa, Johari, Anwar, Hashim, Haslenda, Lim, Jeng Shiun, Amin Jusoh, Mazura, Mat, Ramli, Alkali, Habib
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58346/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.04.008
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Landfill gas (LFG) is composed essentially of the most problematic greenhouse gases (GHGs) namely methane (50%) and carbon dioxide (45%). However, due to its methane content, LFG can be utilised as a renewable energy source, but utilising LFG is met with a lot of challenges such as choice for LFG gr...