Landfills + Inc. .

landfills + landfill gas + soil gas + geochemistry
…Planning, Problem Solving, Process Research

Landfills + Inc.Services & ClientsCommercial ProjectsResearch ProjectsSelected ProjectsExperienceService & AwardsPublicationsFAQsContact Us
Landfills +, Inc.

Jean E. Bogner, PhD, President
Landfills +, Inc.
1144 N. President
Wheaton, IL 60187
01-630-665-0872
FAX 01-630-665-0826
email: jbogner@landfillsplus.com

Technical support for commercial landfill gas recovery projects, including Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in developing countries.

Applied research on landfill processes, including landfill gas emissions and oxidation.

Technical support and marketing for Gas Technology Products/Merichem, Schaumburg, Illinois.

Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), Working Group III (Mitigation), Chapter 10-Waste.

Acrobat ReaderSelected Publications (1995 – 2005):

Spokas, K., Bogner, J., Chanton, J., Morcet, M., Aran, C., Graff, C., Moreau-le-Golvan, Y., Bureau, N. and Hebe, I.  Methane Mass Balance at Three Landfill Sites: What is the Efficiency of Capture by Gas Collection Systems?  Waste Management (Elsevier), (accepted 2005)
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 208k)

Scheutz., C., Bogner, J., et al. Comparative oxidation and net emissions of CH4 and selected non-methane organic compounds in landfill cover soils, Environmental Science and Technology 37:5143-5149  (2003).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 184k)

Bogner, J.E. and E. Matthews, Global Methane Emissions from Landfills: New Methodology and Annual Estimates 1980-1996, Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17:34-1 to 34-18 (2003).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 592k)

Bogner, J.E., Sass, R., and B. Walter, Model Comparisons of Methane Oxidation across a Management Gradient: Wetlands, Rice Production Systems, and Landfills, Global Biogeochemical Cycles (AGU)  14:1021-1033 (2000).

Bogner, J.E., K. Spokas, and E. Burton, Temporal Variations in Greenhouse Gas Emissions at a Midlatitude Landfill.  Journal of Environmental Quality 28:277-288 (1999).

Bogner, J.E., K. Spokas, and E. Burton, Kinetics of Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Materials: Major controls, a whole-landfill oxidation experiment, and modeling of net methane emissions.  Environmental Science and Technology 31:2504-2614 (1997).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 235k)

Bogner, J., M. Meadows, and P. Czepiel, Fluxes of Methane between Landfills and the Atmosphere: Natural and Engineered Controls. Soil Use and Management  13:268-277. (1997).

Bogner, J.E., R. Sweeney, D. Coleman, R. Huitric, and G.T. Ririe, Using Isotopic and Molecular Data to Model Landfill Gas Processes. Waste Management and Research 14:367-376 (1996).

Spokas, K.A., and J.E. Bogner, Field System for Continuous Measurement of Landfill Gas Pressures and Temperatures.  Waste Management and Research 14:233-242 (1996).

Bogner, J.E.,  K. A. Spokas,   E. Burton, R. Sweeney,  and V Corona, Landfills as Atmospheric Methane Sources and Sinks.  Chemosphere 31(9): 4119-4130 (1995).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 816k)

Bogner, J.E., and K.A. Spokas, Carbon Storage in Landfills,  Chapter 5 in R. Lal et al., Soils and Global Change,  Advances in Soil Science Series, CRC Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL  (1995).

Bogner, J.E., and K.A. Spokas, Landfill CH4: Rates, Fates, and Role in Global Carbon Cycle,  Chemosphere 26(1-4):366-386 (1993). 
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 954k)

Bogner, J.E., Anaerobic Burial of Refuse in Landfills: Increased Atmospheric Methane and Implications for Increased Carbon Storage,  Ecological Bull. 42:98-108(1992).

Bogner, J.E., Controlled Study of Landfill Biodegradation Rates Using Modified BMP Assays, Waste Management and Research 8:329-352 (1990).
[Recent Conference Proceedings]

Bogner, J., Spokas, K., Chanton, J., Powelson, D., and Abichou, T., Modeling Landfill Methane Emissions from Biocovers: A Combined Theoretical-Empirical Approach. Proceedings Sardinia '05 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  October, 2005, published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2005).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 155k)

Bogner, J., Waste Management in the Context of the Global Carbon Cycle, keynote address and paper, in Lechner, P., ed., Waste Management in the Focus of Controversial Interests, First BOKU (Bodenkultur Universitet) Waste Conference, April, 2005, published by the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (2005).

Bogner, J., and Lee, C., Landfill Gas Recovery in S. Africa: Status, Issues, and Markets.  Proceedings SWANA 28th International Landfill Gas Symposium, March 2005, published by Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, MD (2005).
PDFDownload Document (Word, 168k)

Bogner, J., Lee, C.,  Chanton, J. and Spokas, K., Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Landfill Methane Recovery in South Africa, Proceedings WASTECON 2004 (S. Africa), October, 2004, published by Institution of Waste Management, South Africa (2004).

Lee, C., Plourde, D., and Bogner, J., Landfill Gas Recovery: S. Africa's Low Hanging Fruit for Carbon Credits Trading.  Proceedings WASTECON 2004 (S. Africa), October, 2004, published by Institution of Waste Management, South Africa (2004).

Bogner, J., C. Scheutz, J. Chanton, D. Blake, M. Morcet, C. Aran, and P. Kjeldsen, Field Measurement of Speciated HAP(Hazardous Air Pollutant) Emissions from Landfill Cover Soils, Proceedings SWANA 27th International Landfill Gas Symposium, published by Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, MD (2004).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 180k)

Bogner, J., C. Scheutz, J. Chanton, D. Blake, M. Morcet, C. Aran, and P. Kjeldsen, Field Measurement of Non-Methane Organic Compound Emissions from Landfill Cover Soils,  Proceedings Sardinia '03 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2003).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 207k)

Scheutz, C., J. Bogner, M. Morcet, and P. Kjeldsen, Aerobic Degradation of Non-methane Organic Compounds in Landfill Cover Soils, Proceedings Sardinia '03 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2003).
PDFDownload Document (Word, 380k)

Morcet, M., Aran, C., Bogner, J., Chanton, J., Spokas, and Hebe, I., Methane Mass Balance: A Review of Field Results from Three French Landfill Case Studies, Proceedings Sardinia '03 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2003).
PDFDownload Document (PDF, 672k)

Moreau-le-Golvan, Y., Triquenaux, C., Bogner, J., Smith, L., and Munoz, M-L., Methanogenesis Optimisation by Controlling pH and Sulfate in a Bioreactor—Applied Research for Woodlawn Bioreactor (Australia),  Proceedings Sardinia '03 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2003).
PDFDownload Document (Word, 684k)

Bogner, J., Landfill Methane: An Energy and Environmental Opportunity Where You Least Expect It, Proceedings Paulinia 2002, May, 2002, Paulinia, Brazil, sponsored by BIOSFERA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002).

Bogner, J. and E. Matthews (2002)  Assessing Short-Term Temporal Variability in Global Methane Emissions from Landfills: 
Annual Estimates 1980 – 1996, Abstract and Presentation Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, Asheville, NC, October, 2002.

Spokas, K., D. Wang, C. Scheutz, J. Bogner, M. Morcet, and S. Fraedrich, Modeling Microbial Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds, Poster Presentation for American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) annual meeting November 10-14, 2002, Indianapolis, IN (2002).

Chanton, J.P., D. Fields, J. Bogner, M. Morcet, and C. Scheutz.  A Stable Isotope Technique for Determining methane Oxidation in Landfill Covers.  Proceedings SWANA 25th annual landfill gas symposium, March 25-28th, Monterey, California, published by SWANA, Silver Spring, MD (2002).

Morcet, M.D., C. Aran J. P. Chanton, J. Bogner, I. Hébé, K. Spokas, C. Graff.   Evaluation of the Seasonal Variation of the  Methane Mass Balance at a French Landfill. Proceedings SWANA 25th annual landfill gas symposium, March 25-28th, Monterey, California, published by SWANA, Silver Spring, MD (2002).

Diot, M., K. Spokas, J. Bogner, Y. Moreau-LeGolvan,  and M. Guerbois, Initial Field Validation of a Landfill Methane Mass Balance Model: Emission and Oxidation Rates, The Modelling of Landfill Processes, April 23-24, 2001, Geo-Delft, Delft, Netherlands (2001).

Diot, M.,  Y. Moreau Le Golvan, T. Watermolen, J. Bogner, K. Spokas, A. Tregoures, J. Chanton.  Using a Landfill Mass Balance Model for Examining Methane Pathways: Field Measurements at Landfills.  Proceedings SWANA sixth annual landfill symposium, June 18-20, 2001, San Diego, California (2001).

Bogner, J.E., Reddy, K., and Spokas, K., Dynamic Water Balance Aspects of Bioreactor Landfills, Proceedings Sardinia '01 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2001).

Diot, M., Bogner, J.E., Chanton, J., Guerbois, M., Hebe, I., Moreau-le-Golvan, Y., Spokas, K., and Tregoures, A.,  LFG Mass Balance: A Key to Optimize Landfill Gas Recovery,  Proceedings Sardinia '01 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (2001).

Bogner, J.E., E. Matthews, A. Katzenstein, D. Blake, and M. Carolan,  Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Landfills: What We Know and What We Don’t Know,  Proceedings International Solid Waste Association  (ISWA)  Paris 2000 meeting,  Paris, France.
(2000).

Diot, M.  Y. Moreau le Golvan, J. Bogner, R. Burkhalster, J. Chanton, A. Tregoures and L. Schaegis.  Landfill biogas emissions measurements:  qualification and quantification of the pathways of emitted methane, Proceedings Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, Technical University of Lulea, Sweden (2000).

Bogner, J.E. and Matthews, E.,  Temporal Variations in Landfill Methane Emissions (1970-1995): A Global Perspective.  Proceedings Sardinia '99 International Solid and Hazardous Waste Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (1999).

Bogner, J.E. Barlaz, M., and Matthews, E., Carbon Sequestration in Landfills (abstract), Invited Presentation, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD (June, 1999).

Bogner, J.E., Sass, R., and Walter, B., Modeling of Methane Production and Net Emissions: A Review of Major Controls across a Management Gradient Encompassing Natural Wetlands, Rice Production, and Landfills (abstract), Invited Presentation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec. 1998).

Matthews, E., Bogner, J., Sass, R., Augenbaum, H., and Smith, T., Historical Methane Emissions from Anthopogenic Sources: Contributors to the Declining Growth Rate of Atmospheric Methane?,  Abstract, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec. 1998).

Bogner, J.E., Matthews, E., Models for Landfill methane Emissions: Status, Trends, Validation, Scale-Up Issues,  Invited Abstract, Third Swedish Landfill symposium, Lulea, Sweden (October, 1998).

Bogner, J.E., Spokas, K., Niemann, M., Niemann, L., and Baker, J.   Emissions of Non-Methane Organic Compounds at the Greene Valley Landfill, DuPage County, Illinois:  Preliminary Field Measurements. Proceedings Sardinia '97 International Landfill Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (1997).

Bogner, J.E., and Lagerkvist, A.  Organic Carbon Cycling in Landfills:  Models for a Continuum Approach. Proceedings Sardinia '97 International Landfill Symposium,  published by CISA, Univ. of Cagliari, Sardinia (1997).

Bogner, J.E., Meadows, M., and Czepiel, P.  Bidirectional Fluxes of Methane between Landfills and the Atmosphere,  Invited Lecture for  Jo'burg '97  Mining and Industrial Waste Conference, Proceedings published by Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (1997).  Also invited presentation, Institute of Waste Management, South Africa.

Bogner, J.E., and Lagerkvist, A. Early Diagenesis of Garbage:  Landfills as Engineered Anoxic Basins, Abstract,  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (1996).

Bogner, J.E., Spokas, K., and Burton, E.,  Greenhouse Gas Emissions at a Mid-Latitude Landfill:  Temporal Variations, Methane Oxidation, and Biogeochemical Framework, Abstract,  Joint North-American European Workshop on Measurement and Modeling of Methane Fluxes from Landfills,  held Argonne National Laboratory (1996).

Spokas, K. and Bogner, J.E., Comprehensive Sampling and Analysis of Landfill Gas:Customized Analysis of Trace Components (CATC),  Proceedings 19th Annual Madison Waste Conference, University of Wisconsin Engineering Extension (1996).

Mandernack, K.W., Rahn, T.A., Wahlen, M., Bogner, J., and Reeburgh, W., Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Stable Isotopic Values from Landfill Cover Soils , Abstract,  AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore,  published as a supplement to EOS,  American Geophysical Union,  Washington, D.C. (1996).

Bogner, J.E., and Spokas, K., Carbon Storage in Landfills, Abstract, Symposium om svensk upplagsforskning 1996,  Pitea, Sweden,  published by  Svenska Renhallningverks-Foreningens,  Malmo, Sweden (1996).

Bogner, J.E., and K.A. Spokas, Field Measurement of Methane and NMOC Emissions:  Sources, Sinks, and Implications for Emissions Modeling.  Proceedings SWANA 19th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium,  published by SWANA, Silver Spring, MD (1996)

Bogner, J.E., and K.A. Spokas, The Landfill Methane Balance:  Model and Practical Applications.  Proceedings Sardinia `95, 5th International Landfill Conference, St.Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, published by CISA, U. of Cagliari, Sardinia (1995).

Bogner, J.E., K. Spokas, and J. Jolas, Comparison of Measured and Calculated Methane Emissions at Mallard Lake Landfill, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S.A., Proceedings Sardinia `93, 4th International Landfill Conference, St. Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, published by CISA, U. of Cagliari, Sardinia (1995).

©Copyright 2005 Landfills +, Inc.