Looking at the use of compressed air with leachate and condensate pumps
By Mark Bertane
As seen in MSW Management Magazine
Talk with a seasoned landfill managing engineer about pneumatic power. Pneumatic was already on site when he or she arrived, pushing compressed air significant distances to make leachate and condensate pumps work.
Hardly unusual. It would be difficult to find a North American landfill that doesn’t rely on compressed air. Pneumatic is old-shoe technology – go-to because it is familiar, understood, almost comfortable.