TY - JOUR ID - 42795 TI - Assessing Emissions of Volatile Organic Componds from Landfills Gas JO - Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System JA - JHSSS LA - en SN - 2345-2218 AU - Khademi, Fahime AU - Samaei, Mohammad Reza AU - Azizi, Kourosh AU - Shahsavani, Abbas AU - Hashemi, Hassan AU - Iraji, Aida AU - Miri, Abdolkhalegh AD - Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. AD - Department of Entomology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. AD - Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran & Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran AD - Central research laboratory, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 2 EP - 6 KW - VOCs KW - BTEX KW - Biogas plant KW - energy KW - Tedlar bags DO - N2 - AbstractBackground: Biogas is obtained by anaerobic decomposition of organic wastes buried materials used to produce electricity, heat and biofuels. Biogas is at the second place for power generation after hydropower and in 2000 about 6% of the world power generation was allocated to biogas. Biogas is composed of 40–45 vol% CO2, 55–65 vol% CH4, and about 1% non-methaneVOCs, and non-methane volatile organic compounds. Emission rates are used to evaluate the compliance with landfill gas emission regulations by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). BTEX comounds affect the air quality and may be harmful to human health. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene isomers that are generally called BTEX compounds are the most abundant VOCs in biogas.Methods: Sampling of VOCs in biogas vents was operated passively or with Tedlar bags. 20 samples were collected from 40 wells of old and new biogas sites of Shiraz’ landfill. Immediately after sampling, the samples were transferred to the laboratory. Analysis of the samples was performed with GC-MS.Results: The results showed that in the collection of the old and new biogas sites, the highest concentration of VOCs was observed in toluene (0.85ppm) followed by benzene (0.81ppm), ethylbenzene (0.13ppm) and xylene (0.08ppm).Conclusion: The results of the study showed that in all samples, most available compounds in biogas vents were aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.These compounds’ constituents originate from household hazardous waste materials deposited in the landfill or from biological/chemical decomposition processes within the landfill. UR - https://jhsss.sums.ac.ir/article_42795.html L1 - https://jhsss.sums.ac.ir/article_42795_2df5c2845b3f85978549bcbd58f85c56.pdf ER -