Landfill Methane-to-Energy Monitoring

QLM Tech field applications engineer Nilceia Anchieta has been demonstrating quantum lidar methane cameras at landfills lately and getting spectacular results. The trapping of the gas produced by landfills is one of  oldest examples of the waste-to-methane-to-energy industry. Brazil’s huge biogas landfill projects for example are rare examples of successful carbon credit financing. But the big biogas producing landfills like Caieiras in Sao Paulo are still leaving locals fuming about the smell, so better emission control is desperately required. QLM Tech’s quantum methane cameras provide accurate, continuous, and fast methane emissions quantification. Just one camera scanning around 360 degrees can cover more than 40 acres of active area and we are deploying cameras with a mast on a  trailer for quick installation and movement in dynamic situations like monitoring a landfill open face.  Even in landfills where there are methane trapping and extraction systems in place we see huge emissions, 1000’s of kg/hr, and order-of-magnitude  variations as the landfill activity and the weather changes. Our cameras are networked through the cloud to provide instant feedback to the operators when what they are doing uncaps the seal on the trapped methane. QLM’s methane cameras will play a vital role in making landfill gas to energy plants more efficient, more effective, and much better neighbours.