Evaluation of Landfill Gas Wellfield Data for Maintenance Optimization

LS Power Engineering, 2024–25

Liaison(s): Madeleine Wass, Harold Emond Jr, Kathy French ’97
Advisor(s): David Nembhard
Students(s): Avani Anne (TL-S), Sid Tchanyoum (TL-F), Kopchon Sittithammachoti, Wava Chan, Cristina Tzunun Palomo (F), Osa Omoregbe (S), Leran Hu (S)

LS Power is an energy company dedicated to creating lower-cost, cleaner solutions within the power and energy infrastructure sector. In collaboration with the Landfill Group, LS Power endeavors to use renewable natural gas sources by collecting methane gas generated in landfills, thus also reducing the landfill’s atmospheric emissions. With the ultimate goal of increasing plant efficiency, the LS Power Clinic Team has developed a methodology to more quickly identify problematic gas collection wells in need of attention by analyzing current and historical well metrics and ambient environmental data.