Greenhouse gas emissions control
AssigneeLoci Controls, Inc.
InventorsPeter Quigley, Ian Martin, Nicole Neff, Jack Rowbottom
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising a plurality of wells are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining a concentration of a greenhouse gas measured a distance above a surface of a region comprising the plurality of wells; determining whether the measure of the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than a first threshold; and in response to determining that the measure of the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than the first threshold, increasing a flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from at least one well of the plurality of wells.
Claims20
A method performed by at least one controller for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising a plurality of wells, the method comprising:
- obtaining a concentration of a greenhouse gas measured a distance above a surface of a region comprising the plurality of wells;
- determining whether the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than a first threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than the first threshold, increasing a flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from at least one well of the plurality of wells.
A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising a plurality of wells, the control system comprising:
- at least one controller configured to:
- obtain a concentration of a greenhouse gas measured a distance above a surface of a region comprising the plurality of wells;
- determine whether the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than a first threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than the first threshold, increase a flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from at least one well of the plurality of wells.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions encoded thereon, that, when executed by at least one controller, cause the at least one controller to perform a method for controlling extraction of landfill gas via a gas extraction system comprising a plurality of wells, the method comprising:
- with the at least one controller:
- obtaining a concentration of a greenhouse gas measured a distance above a surface of a region comprising the plurality of wells;
- determining whether the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than a first threshold;
- and
- in response to determining that the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than the first threshold, increasing a flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from at least one well of the plurality of wells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.