Thyroid Physiology_Dr.E. Muralinath_ Associate Professor
Paola D. Morales Proposal
1. By: Paola D. Morales Muñiz
Class: BIOL 3009
Summer 2014
The use of toxic gases from
landfill incineration for biofuel
2. Landfills and their effect on
the environment
•Landfill gas is
approximately forty to
sixty percent methane,
with the remainder being
mostly carbon dioxide.
•Landfill gas also
contains varying
amounts of nitrogen and
oxygen gas, water vapor,
hydrogen sulphide, and
other contaminants.
"non-methane organic
3. Incineration Solution
•One of the types of incinerators
are called “burn pile”
incinerators.
•The flue gas contains different
types of contaminants such as
particulate matter, heavy metals,
furans, sulfur dioxide, methane,
nitrogen oxides, and hydrochloric
acid.
•We can create biofuel out of
nitrogen oxide and/or sulfur
dioxide.
4. Incineration Energy
• If we burn around 660 short tons per day of waste we
will produce around 400 MWh ( when 17 MW power
continuously for 24 hours)
• The average American home uses only around roughly
31.3 KW per day. Which mean we would be able to
provide electricity to one house for around 350 years or
an estimate of 400 houses for 32 days.
