Energy From Municipal Solid Waste

This paper presents an overview of the solutions available for obtaining energy from municipal solid waste. The analysis is performed at an international level, but a zoom is presented referring to the European Union. The second part of the paper concerns the energy availability taking into account...

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Published in:WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2014-01, Vol.190, p.945
Main Author: Rada, E C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic treatment
Biogas
Bioreactors
Energy
Energy demand
Energy recovery
Exploitation
Food selection
Food waste
Garbage collection
Landfill
Landfills
Municipal solid waste
Municipal waste management
Pretreatment
Qualitative analysis
Solid waste management
Solid wastes
Waste disposal sites
Waste management industry
Waste treatment
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Summary:This paper presents an overview of the solutions available for obtaining energy from municipal solid waste. The analysis is performed at an international level, but a zoom is presented referring to the European Union. The second part of the paper concerns the energy availability taking into account the dynamics of qualitative and quantitative composition of municipal solid waste. The third part analyses the role of selective collection in the frame of energy recovery. In this case it is pointed out how food waste selective collection can change the approach of biogas exploitation: from a landfill based concept to a reactor based scenario. The fourth section of the paper concerns the trend in residual municipal solid waste exploitation, taking into account the effects of the European Union directives on the energy recovery strategies and the role played by the Directive 1999/31/CE. Finally, a section of this paper concerns a case study that offers a vision on how much anaerobic digestion and thermal treatments can support the energy demand of a citizen.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/EQ140892