| Description |
1 online resource (99 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Energy from Waste -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1 An Introduction to Energy From Waste -- Waste to Energy: A Historical Perspective -- Waste as a Renewable Resource -- Global Production of Power From Waste -- 2 The Politics of Waste -- Waste Management Hierarchy -- Circular Economy/Zero Waste -- Energy From Waste Strategies in a Circular Economy -- Waste Export -- 3 Waste as a Resource -- Waste Classifications -- Regional Variations in Municipal Solid Waste -- Waste Energy Content -- 4 Waste to Energy Technologies |
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Mass Burn TechnologiesAgricultural Wastes -- Anaerobic Digestion and Landfill Gas -- Gasification and Pyrolysis -- Refuse-Derived Fuels -- 5 Landfill Waste Disposal, Anaerobic Digestion, and Energy Production -- Landfill Gas -- Energy From Landfill Gas -- Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Feedstocks -- Biomass Digesters -- 6 Traditional Waste Combustion Technologies -- The Waste Processing and Treatment Facility -- Moving Grate Waste-to-Energy Plants -- Rotary Combustors -- Fluidized Bed Combustors -- Electricity Generation -- Agricultural Waste Combustion |
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Emission Control Systems7 Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technologies: Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Plasma Gasification -- Gasification of Waste -- Pyrolysis of Waste -- Plasma Gasification of Waste -- 8 Waste to Energy Plants and the Environment -- Emission Limits for Waste Combustion -- Environmental Politics and Science -- 9 The Economics of Energy From Waste -- Waste-to-Energy Plant Costs -- Levelized Cost of Electricity From Waste-to-Energy Plants -- Index |
| Summary |
Annotation Energy from Waste is a concise, up-to-date and accessible guide on how to create power from both urban and industrial waste. The book explores the types of waste that, instead of going to landfill, can be converted to energy, also discussing the most up-to-date technologies for doing so. The book contains a strong emphasis on the related environmental impacts and economic factors involved in the various methods of generating electricity, making this a valuable and insightful read for those involved in the management and conversion of waste, including energy engineers, managers and technicians. Explores both urban and industrial waste, its composition and how it is collected, enabling readers to better understand which power generation technologies can be used to convert it into powerDiscusses the most up-to-date technologies, along with the impacts they have on the environment, including solid residue, chemicals and dust from the flue-gas treatment (and the flue gas itself)Evaluates the economic impact of converting energy from waste and implementing and managing waste plants |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Waste products as fuel.
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Refuse as fuel.
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Refuse as fuel
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Waste products as fuel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128095133 |
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012809513X |
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