Life-cycle-assessment of the historical development of air pollution control and energy recovery in waste incineration

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1244-1250

  Damgaard, Anders ^a   Riber, Christian ^b   Fruergaard, Thilde ^a   Hulgaard, Tore ^b   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RAMBOLL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMISSIONS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NO EMISSIONS; RECOVERING ENERGY;

AIR QUALITY; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIFE CYCLE; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES; TECHNOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; EFFICIENCY; INCINERATION; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 77952671055     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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