US Patent:
20200254497, Aug 13, 2020
Inventors:
- Fall River MA, US
Melinda Sims - Seattle WA, US
Nathan Pallo - Somerville MA, US
Ian Martin - Sharon MA, US
Assignee:
Loci Controls, Inc. - Fall River MA
International Classification:
B09B 1/00
E21B 43/12
G01N 33/00
Abstract:
Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.