This report details the work carried out during the Smart Plant project, funding code 2005-AIC-MS- 43-M4. As part of this research, an autonomous platform for monitoring greenhouse gases (methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2)) has been developed, prototyped and field validated. The modular design employed means that the platform can be readily adapted for a variety of applications involving these and other target gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), ammonia (NH3) and carbon monoxide (CO) and the authors are in the process of completing several short demonstrator projects to illustrate the potential of the platform for some of these applications. The field validation for the greenhouse gas monitoring platform was carried out at two landfill sites in Ireland. The unit was used to monitor the concentration of CO2 and CH4 gas at perimeter borehole wells. The final prototype was deployed for over 4 months and successfully extracted samples from the assigned perimeter borehole well headspace, measured them and sent the data to a database via GSM communications. The data were represented via an updating graph in a web interface. Sampling was carried out twice per day, giving a 60-fold increase on current monitoring. The authors believe that a unit which is capable of such monitoring has been developed and validated. This unit provides a powerful tool for effective management of landfill site gases. The effectiveness of this unit has been recognised by the site management team at the long-term ix deployment trial site, and the data gathered have been used to improve their day to day operations and gas management system on-site. The CO2 levels can be accessed remotely via the web link: http://kspace.cdvp.dcu.ie/public/colum/gasMonitor/.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=174
Resource Keywords	Waste landfill emissions sensors gas buildup module methane
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2005-AIC-MS-43-M4
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Waste and Resource Management
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	4
Project Start Date	Thursday 1st September 2005 (01-09-2005)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 1st September 2005 (01-09-2005)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 1st May 2010 (01-05-2010)
Published on SAFER	Friday 21st May 2010 (21-05-2010)
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