Patent ID: 8163242

Claim:
A method of monitoring a landfill well comprising: a. providing a handheld portable monitor for periodic well field testing of landfill wells, said handheld portable monitor used to measure one or more properties of gas flowing in a landfill well, said handheld portable monitor including a handheld portable control unit and a handheld portable measuring unit, said handheld portable control unit and said handheld portable measuring unit each having separate housings, said handheld portable measuring unit including at least one heating element designed to heat at least one internal component of said handheld portable measuring unit, said handheld portable control unit is designed to monitor and control at least one function of said handheld portable measuring unit, said handheld portable measuring unit including a plurality of pressure measurement components and at least one chemical analyzer, said at least one heating element is designed to maintain an operation temperature of said at least one pressure measurement component, said at least one chemical analyzer, or combinations thereof while said at least one pressure measurement component, said at least one chemical analyzer, or combinations is measuring one or more properties of said gas flowing though said landfill well; b. connecting said handheld portable measuring unit to a plurality of ports on said landfill well, said handheld portable control unit not connected to said landfill well; c. monitoring and controlling at least one function of said handheld portable measuring unit from a remote location by said handheld portable control unit; d. measuring a plurality of properties of said gas flowing in said landfill well by said at least one pressure measurement component and said at least one chemical analyzer in said handheld portable measuring unit; e. simultaneously detecting at least three pressures from said landfill well, said detected pressures including an applied vacuum on said landfill well, a differential vacuum on said landfill well, and an available vacuum, and, f. disconnecting and removing said handheld portable measuring unit from said plurality of ports on said landfill well after field testing of said landfill well is completed.