Landfill gas recovery and potential applications. Paper for the Domestic Use of Energy Conference

This paper reviews the possibility of harnessing landfill gas (LFG) from the Bellville South Municipal Landfill, within the City of Cape Town, and the potential uses of the gas as primary energy. Methane utilisation options include electricity generation using internal combustion engines or gas turbines; direct sale of gas as a medium-heat fuel for local residential, industrial or commercial energy services or processing the gas for sale as a high quality gas. In addition, possible uses of the recovered biogas are discussed with reference to the case study