Environmental performance evaluation of large-scale municipal solid waste incinerators using data envelopment analysis

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1371-1381

  Chen, Ho Wen ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^b   Chen, Jeng Chung ^c   Tsai, Shu Ju ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTES; LAND RESOURCES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; NORMAL OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL DATA; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; POSSIBILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION ECONOMICS; SECONDARY POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; URBAN REGIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERMANY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIOXINS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SULFUR OXIDES;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77952674940     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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