Energy from gasification of solid wastes

Belgıorno, Vincenzo; Feo, Giovanni De; Rocca, Claudio Della; Napoli, R. M. A.

doi:10.1016/s0956-053x(02)00149-6

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“…LCA performed by Arafat et al (2015) for gasification, speculated that electric production efficiency is around 40 % by using gas turbine. The reason is that the gas turbines do not require pre-treatment of the products (Belgiorno et al 2003). Furthermore, the gasification process has least carbon dioxide emission when applied to wastes such as plastic and yard waste.…”

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“…(1) Gasification models are modular in nature (they can be adjusted according to the solid waste treatment), (2) strongly limits emission of dioxins and furans, (3) power can be generated at smaller scale (i.e., below 120 kt/yr), (4) higher energy conversion efficiency for the fuel gas produced and (5) non-combustible and non-oxidized material is collected at the bottom of the reactor (CEWEP 2011), except for fly ash and some volatile component (Belgiorno et al 2003;Sharholy et al 2008;Arena 2012). …”

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Exploring untapped energy potential of urban solid waste

Vaish

Srivastava

Singh

et al. 2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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There is continuous increase in quantum and variety of waste being generated by anthropogenic activities. Burgeoning amount of waste being generated has potential to harm the environment and human health. Aggravating the problem, ever-increasing energy demand is putting strain on the non-renewable sources of energy and there is huge gap between the demand and supply of energy. This has led the scientific communities to adopt innovative methods to reduce, reuse and recycle them. Therefore, there is an urgent need to minimize the quantity of waste and meet the current demand profile of energy is required; technologies to recover energy from waste can play a vital role in substantial energy recovery and reduction in waste for final disposal; in addition to meet the rising energy requirement. Generating power from waste has greatly reduced the environmental impact and dependency on fossil fuels for electricity generation. Economically also it is an optimal solution for recovery of heat and power from waste. This paper gives an overview of energy potential stored in waste, major available waste-to-energy technologies and also strategic action plan for implementation of these technologies.

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Section: Gasificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gasificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring untapped energy potential of urban solid waste

Vaish

Srivastava

Singh

et al. 2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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“…7,29 The gas stream produced is known as synthesis gas or syngas. The gasification process has been studied extensively, and, in practice, the syngas obtained is used as fuel to generate electricity and steam and as raw material in the production of a vast amount of chemical compounds, such as methanol and ammonia.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Gasification has multiple benefits that make it superior to incineration, the most important being the destruction of waste material and the production of a synthesis gas or syngas (CO ϩ H 2 ) that can be used as raw material for other processes or energy generation. 6,7 An additional benefit is that the probability of producing PCDDs/PCDFs can be reduced because of the high temperatures and reductive atmosphere inside the equipment, particularly with waste having high-chlorine content. Pyrolysis has also being explored as an alternative to incineration.…”

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Performance of a Semi-Industrial Scale Gasification Process for the Destruction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Mendoza

Caballero

Villarreal³

et al. 2006

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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A semi-industrial scale test was conducted to thermally treat mixtures of spent oil and askarels at a concentration of 50,000 ppm and 100,000 ppm of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) under a reductive atmosphere. In average, the dry-basis composition of the synthesis gas (syngas) obtained from the gasification process was: hydrogen 46%, CO 34%, CO 2 18%, and CH 4 0.8%. PCBs, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) in the gas stream were analyzed by high-resolution gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry. The coplanar PCBs congeners 77, 105, 118, 156/ 157, and 167 were detected in the syngas at concentrations Ͻ2 ϫ 10 Ϫ7 mg/m 3 (at 298 K, 1 atm, dry basis, 7% O 2 ). The chlorine released in the destruction of the PCBs was transformed to hydrogen chloride and separated from the gas by an alkaline wet scrubber. The concentration of PCBs in the water leaving the scrubber was below the detection limit of 0.002 mg/L, whereas the destruction and removal efficiency was Ͼ99.9999% for both tests conducted. The concentration of PCDDs/PCDFs in the syngas were 8.1 ϫ 10 Ϫ6 ng-toxic equivalent (TEQ)/m 3 and 7

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“…• The gas product can be used as fuel in oil combustion engines in a proportion 4:1, with the engine performance reaching 76% of the performance in the case that only oil was used (Belgiorno et al, 2003).…”

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