Integrated model for methane emission and dispersion assessment from landfills: A case study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Methane is considered to be one of the main causes of global warming. Quantifying methane emissions from landfills is the subject of many studies, especially emphasizing the role of two parameters: methane generation potential capacity (L₀), methane generation rate (k). In this study, we propose a system of integrated environmental information and mathematical model named EnLandFill (ENvironmental information - model integrated system for air emission and dispersion estimation from LandFill) that allows calculation L₀ from database and experimentally to determine optimal k. To perform experimental calculations, meteorological data were extracted from the WRF model and verified with real measurements. The novelty of this study lies in the inferred database system, the math model bank, especially the dispersion model, taking note account the complex topography, meteorological factors that change by the hour. EnLandFill was applied to Phuoc Hiep Landfill (PHLF) in Ho Chi Minh City as a case study, the results have identified the amount of methane released that is equal to 44,094,697.88 m³/year in 2019, but EnLandFill is designed to be general, applicable to other landfill entities.