LANDFILL GAS MANAGEMENT
Development of an overall landfill gas management scheme at Sudokwon Landfill is
complicated by:
• The presence of two independent existing wellfields (Area No. 1 and Area No. 2), which
are under the effect of two separate sources of vaccum;
• The simultaneous operation of two beneficial uses (the existing 6.5 MW reciprocating
engine plant, and the under construction 50 MW steam cycle power plant);
• The presence of one flare station to satisfy the landfill gas destruction requirements of
two wellfields (net of the demands of the beneficial uses);
• The different inlet pressure requirements of the flares, the reciprocating engine plant and
the steam cycle power plant; and
• The significant investment in blowers and transmission piping that had already been
made at the time that the design of the 50 MW plant had begun.