Waste Management Landfill
Enercon designed and built custom controls and switchgear for a Waste Management landfill in Saluda, Virginia, where methane from decomposing waste fuels eight generators. This system helps convert landfill gas into electricity sold to the local utility.
Saluda, Virginia
Waste to Energy
Enercon Engineering custom designed and built controls & switchgear for the Waste Management Saluda, Va. landfill which uses eight Caterpillar G3515 engines powered by methane gas from decomposing waste to operate generators that produce electric power which is sold to the local utility company, Dominion Transmission Power Co.
Waste Management uses air/fuel ratio controllers and programming to allow operation within the variable threshold of landfill gases, as the naturally formed methane fuel content varies.
Project Specifications
Engines
- Eight Caterpillar G3516
- 1,148 HP @ 1,200 rpm
Generators
- 820 kW
- 4,160 volts, 142 amps
- 60 hertz, 3 phase
- 6,520 kW total power
Controls & Switchgear
- 4.16kV
- Utility tie-breaker (52-T)
- NEMA 1 for indoor use
- 95″ high, 85″ deep, 396″ long