Plan para conducción y depósito de biogás en relleno sanitario Ceibales, Machala, El Oro

Abstract

The waste generated every day is a worldwide problem, since they do not have sufficient execution of projects for the use and reduction of the immense amount produced, giving negative social and environmental consequences. Biogas is a gas produced by the anaerobic decomposition of organic waste, which of its main chemical components, has a high percentage between 55-70% methane, a pollutant harmful to our atmosphere, being a direct cause of the greenhouse effect and Global warming, however, is also very useful for the generation of energy, both electrical and thermal. In Ecuador and a large part of South America, we do not have sanitary landfills prepared to extract and use this biogas, which is why, as a goal in this project, we can design a plan for conducting and depositing biogas in the landfill located in the city of Machala, Province of Gold. Currently, this sanitary landfill called CEIBALES, located at kilometer 13 of the Balosa road, has two macrocells, the first, with a period of 5 years in its waste reception stage, it is completely finished; covered with high impervious clay material, to avoid unwanted leaks of gases and leachate. While the second macrocell is still in its reception stage for a period close to 2 and a half years.