An industrial ecology approach to municipal solid waste management: II. Case studies for recovering energy from the organic fraction of MSW

Smith, Raymond L.; Sengupta, Debalina; Rao, T. Sudhakar; Lee, C.C.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.05.016

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“…The importance of these steps should not be underestimated. Smith et al (2015) provide examples for WTE technologies.…”

Section: Methodology For Attaining Industrial Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The circled numbers in the figure correspond to the waste management hierarchy (U.S. EPA, 2013). In part two of this work (Smith et al 2015) the Waste-to-Energy process box in Figure 1 will be expanded and various transformations (not only incineration) will be evaluated.…”

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“…MSW processes, their products and residual streams, and potential uses for the residuals. Waste-to-Energy (WTE) processes listed are expanded inSmith et al (2015). Listing as a use does not indicate regulatory acceptance.…”

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An industrial ecology approach to municipal solid waste management: I. Methodology

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) can be viewed as a feedstock for industrial ecology inspired conversions of wastes to valuable products and energy. The industrial ecology principle of symbiotic processes using waste streams for creating value-added products is applied to MSW, with examples suggested for various residual streams. A methodology is presented to consider individual waste-to-energy or wasteto-product system synergies, evaluating the economic and environmental issues associated with each system. Steps included in the methodology include identifying waste streams, specific waste components of interest, and conversion technologies, plus steps for determining the economic and environmental effects of using wastes and changes due to transport, administrative handling, and processing. In addition to presenting the methodology, technologies for various MSW input streams are categorized as commercialized or demonstrated to provide organizations that are considering processes for MSW with summarized information. The organization can also follow the methodology to analyze interesting processes.

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“…The importance of these steps should not be underestimated. Smith et al (2015) provide examples for WTE technologies.…”

Section: Methodology For Attaining Industrial Ecologymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…The alternatives without burning the feedstock lead to CO2 emission reductions. Residuals are in all cases, however, many opportunities exist for industrial ecology to recycle [60].…”

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Small Scale Gasification Application and Perspectives in Circular Economy

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Bisters

Burlakovs

2018

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Gasification is the process converting solid fuels as coal and organic plant matter, or biomass into combustible gas, called syngas. Gasification is a thermal conversion process using carbonaceous fuel, and it differs substantially from other thermal processes such as incineration or pyrolysis. The process can be used with virtually any carbonaceous fuel. It is an endothermic thermal conversion process, with partial oxidation being the dominant feature. Gasification converts various feedstock including waste to a syngas. Instead of producing only heat and electricity, synthesis gas produced by gasification may be transformed into commercial products with higher value as transport fuels, fertilizers, chemicals and even to substitute natural gas. Thermo-chemical conversion of biomass and solid municipal waste is developing as a tool to promote the idea of energy system without fossil fuels to a reality. In municipal solid waste management, gasification does not compete with recycling, moreover it enhances recycling programs. Pre-processing and after-processing must increase the amount of recyclables in the circular economy. Additionally, end of life plastics can serve as an energy feedstock for gasification as otherwise it cannot be sorted out and recycled. There is great potential for application of gasification technology within the biomass waste and solid waste management sector. Industrial self-consumption in the mode of combined heat and power can contribute to sustainable economic development within a circular economy.

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“…The industrial ecology‐based analysis showed that AD has less impact on the environment than fermentation, gasification, and incineration . A conceptual level analysis indicates that gasification, fermentation, AD alternatives lead to positive economic results .…”

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Technological pathways for bioenergy generation from municipal solid waste: Renewable energy option

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Prasad

Vaidya

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Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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World's biggest challenge today is safe disposal and treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW). This review presents an overview of pathways for the generation of the bioenergy from MSW, through the biological–chemical–thermal route of treatment, current status, deployment of biochemical–thermochemical conversion technologies for a biogenic fraction of MSW, its challenges and performance. Currently, key challenges posed to the world are energy security, waste management, and climate change. Out of these, waste management across the world is in the dejected state due to lack of proper treatment and conversion technologies. In recent times, pressure on the global environment increased for the use of renewable resources due to depleting fossil fuels. Energy from biomass waste is going to be one of the crucial and dominant sources of renewable energy harness in the future. Conversion of a biogenic fraction of MSW to energy will solve waste management issue as well as offers energy generation in a sustainable manner and can be termed as “Renewable Waste”. This study provides technological pathways for the generation of biofuels using MSW biomass as a feedstock, and the technology progression of various pathways and gaps for implementation of these technologies were also analyzed in this study. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38: 654–671, 2019

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An industrial ecology approach to municipal solid waste management: II. Case studies for recovering energy from the organic fraction of MSW

Cited by 34 publications

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An industrial ecology approach to municipal solid waste management: I. Methodology

An industrial ecology approach to municipal solid waste management: I. Methodology

Small Scale Gasification Application and Perspectives in Circular Economy

Technological pathways for bioenergy generation from municipal solid waste: Renewable energy option

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