Waste-to-Energy Technologies and Global Applications

Title: Waste-to-Energy Technologies and Global Applications
Author: Efstratios N. Kalogirou
ISBN: 1138035203 / 9781138035201
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 244
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2017
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks

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Through Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technology, plants use waste as a renewable fuel to co-produce electricity, heating, and cooling for urban utilization. This professional book presents the latest developments in WtE technologies and their global applications. The first part of the book covers thermal treatment technologies, including combustion, novel gasification, plasma gasification, and pyrolysis. It then examines 35 real-world WtE case studies from around the world, analyzing technical information behind planning, execution, goals, and national strategies. Results through the years show the benefits of the technology through the life cycle of the products. The book also examines financial and environmental aspects.

  • Discusses thermal treatment technologies, including combustion, novel gasification, plasma gasification, and pyrolysis.
  • Offers 35 real-world international case studies from the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa.
  • Provides different approaches for different geographic areas.
  • Offers a multiparameter WtE model for preliminary technical and financial WtE calculations.
  • Describes policy making procedure, in the public and private sectors as well as in local industry.
  • Examines financial and environmental aspects.

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Preface

Chapter 1 :
Introduction
Chapter 2 : Legislation
Chapter 3 : Waste-to-Energy Technologies
Chapter 4 : Waste-to-Energy in Europe
Chapter 5 : Waste-to-Energy in the Americas
Chapter 6 : Waste-to-Energy in Asia
Chapter 7 : Waste-to-Energy in Africa
Chapter 8 : Environmental Impact of Waste-to-Energy
Chapter 9 : Waste-to-Energy Investement Evaluation (WtE Tool)

Index