Waste to Energy

by S. Syngellakis

Overview

"Waste to Energy" deals with the very topical subject of converting the calorific content of waste material into useful forms of energy. It complements and, to a certain degree, overlaps with its companion volume, "Biomass to Biofuels", since a significant proportion of biomass converted to energy nowadays originates from various types of waste.

The material in the first, more substantial, part of the volume has been arranged according to the type of process for energy conversion. Biochemical processes are described in six articles. These relate to the production of methane by anaerobic digestion; reactor conversion efficiencies; investigations on ethanol production from biodegradable municipal solid waste through hydrolysis and fermentation; hydrogen production from glucose through a hybrid anaerobic and photosynthetic process; biodiesel production from used cooking oil through base-catalyzed transesterification.

Conversions by thermochemical processes are discussed in the subsequent eleven articles of the volume. These cover combustion, the direct use of heat energy; using the heat produced in thermal power stations for steam and, ultimately, electricity generation; municipal solid waste and refuse-derived fuel. In another article, computational fluid dynamics modelling is applied to assess the influence of process parameters and to perform optimization studies.

A group of articles deal with more complex thermochemical processes involving combustion combined with pyrolysis and gasification. Two articles focus on biofuels as feed for fuel cells. In the last six articles, the emphasis is on management and policy rather than technical issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784660604
Publisher:	WIT Press
Publication date:	12/30/2014
Series:	WIT Transactions on State-of-the-Art in Science and Engineering , #84
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

High rate, low F:M anaerobic treatment of medium strength waste streams using the static granular bed reactor for renewable energy production
Squeezing wastes in a wastewater treatment plant
The application of an anaerobic baffled reactor to produce biogas from kitchen waste
Rubbish or resources: an investigation into converting municipal solid waste to bio-ethanol production
Biohydrogen production by Clostridium beijerinckii
Comparison of three options for biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil
Characterization of physical and chemical properties of fuel containing animal waste
The use of waste as alternative fuels in cement production
Small decentralised thermal power stations for refuse-derived fuel
Sustainable waste processing in a grate furnace and in a fluidized bed incinerator: WtE, recycling and environmental concerns
Numerical optimisation of operating conditions of waste to energy
A comparative study for energetic valorisation of partially digested sewage sludge
Evaluation of thermodynamic efficiency of biowaste gasification
Batch waste gasification technology: characteristics and perspectives
Experimental study and model validation of waste gasification in an up-draft fixed-bed gasifier
Conversion of waste rubber as an alternative route to renewable fuel production
Process simulation and sensitivity analysis of waste plastics gasification in a fluidized bed reactor
Recovering energy from liquid sanitary waste through direct alcohol fuel cells
Gasified residual/waste biomass as solid oxide fuel cell feed for renewable electricity production
Poultry litter valorization to energy
A review of the bioenergy potential of residual materials in Quebec
Waste as a resource in the United Kingdom: energy and sustainability
Perspectives of refuse-derived fuel in Romania after entrance into the EU
System analysis for integration of landfill energy production into the regional energy supply
Selective collection and waste-to-energy strategies: which interaction?

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