In Algeria, the technical landfill centre (CET) of El Biar, a southern suburb of the city of Batna, has just been equipped with facilities for the production of biogas. These are three collection wells, each 4 m deep. The biogas from these wells will be transformed into electricity to power the CET facilities.
Faced with the pollution caused by fuel oil (a notorious pollutant made up of a mixture of hydrocarbons, additives and dyes from oil refining, editor’s note), the El Biar technical landfill centre in Algeria is now banking on self-consumption of low-carbon electricity. The centre, located in the southern suburbs of the city of Batna, has just been equipped with three biogas collection wells, each 4 metres deep. This gas is produced by the fermentation of organic waste through the action of micro-organisms.
The project was implemented in the framework of a partnership between the University of Batna-1 and the authorities of the city of Batna. The three biogas collection wells supply a 35-kW electricity plant. This electricity will meet the needs of the El Biar CET, which has facilities for the incineration of special waste, particularly hospital waste, the treatment of which requires a high level of technology and compliance with certain standards in force.
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