Life cycle assessment of selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) of nitrous oxides in a full-scale municipal solid waste incinerator

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1184-1193

  Møller, Jacob ^a   Munk, Bjarne ^b   Crillesen, Kim ^b   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Vestforbrænding I/S ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA PRODUCTION; AMMONIA SLIP; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GAS CLEANING; GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; SELECTIVE NON-CATALYTIC REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRIC REACTION; WORST CASE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANESTHETICS; CLEANING; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SCRUBBERS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFLUENT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROUS OXIDE; REDUCTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELECTIVE NON CATALYTIC REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; CARBON; CITIES; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 79954706257     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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