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Waste to energy conversion technology /

"Increasing global consumerism and population has led to an increase in the levels of waste produced. Waste to energy (WTE) conversion technologies can be employed to convert residual wastes into clean energy, rather than sending these wastes directly to landfill. Waste to energy conversion tec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Klinghoffer, Naomi B. (Editor ), Castaldi, Marco J., 1970- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing, 2013.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in energy ; no. 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction to waste to energy conversion
  • Waste to energy (WTE): an introduction / N.B. KLINGHOFFER and N.J. THEMELIS, Columbia University, USA and M.J. CASTALDI, City University of New York, USA
  • Environmental and social impacts of waste to energy (WTE) conversion plants / T. MICHAELS, Energy Recovery Council, USA
  • Lifecycle assessment (LCA) and its application to sustainable waste management / S. KAUFMAN, Columbia University, USA
  • Feedstocks for waste to energy (WTE) systems: types, properties and analysis / T.F. MCGOWAN, TMTS Associates, Inc., USA.
  • Part II. Waste to energy systems, engineering and technology
  • Pre- processing and treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) prior to incineration / G.C. FITZGERALD, Columbia University, USA
  • Municipal solid waste (MSW) combustion plants / L.M. GRILLO, Grillo Engineering Company, USA
  • Waste firing in large combustion plants / P. VAINIKKA, M. NIEMINEN and K. SIPILÄ, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
  • Waste to energy (WTE) systems for district heating / L. TOBIASEN and B. KAMUK, Ramboll, Denmark
  • Gasifi cation and pyrolysis of municipal solid waste (MSW) / N.B. KLINGHOFFER, Columbia University, USA and M.J. CASTALDI, City University of New York, USA.
  • Part III. Pollution control systems for waste to energy technologies
  • Transformation of waste combustion facilities from major polluters to pollution sinks / J. VEHLOW, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Air quality equipment and systems for waste to energy (WTE) conversion plants / J.S. AUSTIN, University of Maryland, USA.