Landfill gas extraction systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US12083565B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US17959446

    申请日:2022-10-04

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 E21B34/02

    CPC分类号: B09B1/006 E21B34/02 Y02W30/30

    摘要: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system, the gas extraction system comprising well piping for coupling a plurality of wells to a gas output. The control system comprises a controller configured to: obtain a value indicating measured energy content of landfill gas collected at the gas output from the plurality of wells; determine whether the measured energy content is different from a target energy content; and in response to determining that the measured energy content is different from the target energy content: control a plurality of valves disposed in the well piping to change flow rates of landfill gas being extracted from at least some of the plurality of wells at least in part by changing degrees to which the plurality of valves are open.

    LANDFILL BIOGAS EXTRACTION PLANT WITH REMOTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20240253095A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18289555

    申请日:2022-05-12

    发明人: Gianni CORDARO

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 E21B43/12

    CPC分类号: B09B1/006 E21B43/12

    摘要: A remote control system of a plant for managing the biogas catchment wells of a landfill in an automated manner by means of central software, adapted to optimize biogas production by increasing its flow rate and maximizing the concentration of methane therein. The plant has a plurality of extraction wells, which are organized in substations, and an infrastructure of controllers for data acquisition and data sending. Each well is associated with an infrastructure of sensors, an adjustment valve, and an actuator. The sensors are adapted to measure the volume percentage of methane % CH4, the volume percentage of oxygen % O2, the flow rate Q sucked in, and the applied negative pressure P of the well. The extraction wells of a substation are connected to a controller of the infrastructure of data acquisition and data sending for sending the values measured from the sensors to the remote control system (100) through a communication network. The remote management system receives the values measured from the sensors through the controllers, processes them, and based on predetermined rules generates the actuation commands of the actuators acting on the adjustment valves. The predetermined rules are based on a preference principle, according to which the well to be opened more is chosen based on its contribution compared to the other wells, and on an interference principle, according to which, in the case of two interfering wells, the control system chooses the well from which to suck more biogas based on an average performance index (IQ) of the wells.

    GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240226973A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18491339

    申请日:2023-10-20

    申请人: TN Americas LLC

    发明人: Ahmad Salih Uwe Wolf

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 B65G1/04 G21F9/34

    摘要: A geological repository includes a subterranean spiral tunnel drilled or bored in a geological formation. The geological repository further includes spaced-apart storage compartments individually accessible from the spiral tunnel. The storage compartments are configured to receive storage canisters transported through the spiral tunnel. The plurality of storage compartments are formed in a body of rock.

    DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES RELATING TO LANDFILL GAS EXTRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240066573A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18498869

    申请日:2023-10-31

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 E21B43/00

    CPC分类号: B09B1/006 E21B43/00

    摘要: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, comprising: at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of landfill gas; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a measured concentration of a first gas in landfill gas; determine whether the measured concentration of the first gas is either less than a first threshold concentration or greater than a second threshold concentration; when it is determined that the measured concentration is less than the first threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to reduce flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the concentration is greater than the second threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas.

    Ecological reconstructed sponge structure of strip mine dump and application of the same

    公开(公告)号:US11911813B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US17585923

    申请日:2022-01-27

    发明人: Yinli Bi Suping Peng

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 E21C41/32

    CPC分类号: B09B1/004 E21C41/32

    摘要: An ecological reconstructed sponge structure of a strip mine dump includes a three-layered sponge ecological structure arranged on a groundmass layer of the dump. From bottom to top, the three-layer sponge ecological structure comprises a water-resisting layer, a water-containing layer and a topsoil ecological layer. A thickness of the water-resisting layer is 100˜200 cm, a permeability coefficient of the water-resisting layer is 0.35˜0.7 m/d, and a degree of compaction is 1200˜1400 KPa. A thickness of the water-containing layer is 150˜250 cm, a permeability coefficient of the water-containing layer is 10˜20 m/d, and a degree of compaction is 800˜900 KPa. A thickness of the topsoil ecological layer is 40˜60 cm. Soil layer thicknesses and water content may be monitored through a ground penetrating radar.