Techno-economic performance of energy-from-waste fluidized bed combustion and gasification processes in the UK context

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-327

  Yassin, Liban ^a   Lettieri, Paola ^a   Simons, Stefaan J R ^a   Germanà, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Germanà and Partners Consultant Engineers   (Italy)

Author keywords

EfW combustion; Fluidized beds; Gasification; Technical and economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FORESTRY; GAS GENERATORS; GAS TURBINES; GASIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINES; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS; COMMERCIALISATION; DIFFERENT SCALES; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOWS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES; EFW COMBUSTION; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESSES; GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWERS; INDUSTRY PLAYERS; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENTS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITIES; OVERALL SYSTEM EFFICIENCIES; RENEWABLE OBLIGATION CERTIFICATES; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

EID: 58349114240     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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