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Author: | Papageorgiou, A. Barton, J. R. Karagiannidis, A. |
Title: | Assessment of the greenhouse effect impact of technologies used for energy recovery from municipal waste: A case for England |
Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2009 : JUL, VOL.90:10, p. 2999-3012 |
Index terms: | waste disposals energy urban areas models United Kingdom scenarios sensitivity analysis |
Freeterms: | Municipal Solid Waste(MSW) Mass Burn Incineration(MBI) Mechanical Biological Treatment(MBT) Mechanical Heat Treatment(MHT) greenhouse gas solid recovered fuel emissions treatment options |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This article assesses the greenhouse gas emission impacts of three technologies that could be used for the treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in order to recover energy from it. These technologies are Mass Burn Incineration with energy recovery, Mechanical Biological Treatment via bio-drying and Mechanical Heat Treatment, which is a relatively new and uninvestigated method, compared to the other two. Mechanical Biological Treatment and Mechanical Heat Treatment can turn Municipal Solid Waste into Solid Recovered Fuel that could be combusted for energy production or replace other fuels in various industrial processes. The author analyzes and argues these two technologies depends strongly on the final use of the produced fuel and they could produce GHG emissions savings only when there is end market for the fuel. On the other hand Mass Burn Incineration generates greenhouse gas emission savings when it recovers electricity and heat. It is found that the expected increase on the amount of Municipal Solid Waste treated for energy recovery in England by 2020 could save greenhouse gas emission, if certain Energy from Waste technologies would be applied, under certain conditions. |
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