Technical and economic evaluation of biogas capture and treatment for the Piedras Blancas landfill in Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract

Methane has 21 times more greenhouse gas potential than carbon dioxide. Because of that, it is of great importance to adequately manage biogas emissions from landfills. In addition, it is environmentally convenient to use this product as an alternative energy source, since it prevents methane emissions while preventing fossil fuel consumption, minimizing carbon dioxide emissions. Performed analysis indicated that biogas capturing and energy generation implies 3 times less equivalent carbon dioxide emissions; however, a change in the Argentinean electrical market fees are required to guarantee the financial feasibility of the project.

Logistics as an Essential Area for the Development of the Solid Waste Management in Colombia

“…By transforming solid waste and biomass in secondary forms of energy such as heat, electricity, and fuel, Latin America and the Caribbean could produce a new source of the economy towards the development, in addition to have control over the generation and final disposition of these wastes. This positive economy transformation has been conducted already in countries such as Jordan (Al-Hamamre et al, 2017), China (Chen;Rong-Gang;Bangrong;Mi, 2017), Brazil (Freitas et al, 2019), Argentina (Francisca;Montoro;Glatstein, 2017), and now in Colombia (Andrade;Tibaquirá, 2018).…”