Comparing the greenhouse gas emissions from three alternative waste combustion concepts

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-437

  Vainikka, Pasi ^a   Tsupari, Eemeli ^a   Sipilä, Kai ^a   Hupa, Mikko ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co combustion; Coal; Combustion; Emissions; Energy model; Greenhouse gas; Municipal solid waste; Solid recovered fuel

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDISED BED; COAL BASED POWER GENERATION; COCOMBUSTION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRIC EFFICIENCY; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY SYSTEM MODEL; FLUIDISED BED; GHG EMISSION; HEAT AND POWER; LANDFILLING; LOWER HEATING VALUE; NATURAL GAS BASED; WASTE COMBUSTION; WASTE TO ENERGY; WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FUEL OILS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

COAL; FUEL OIL; NATURAL GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FOSSIL ENERGY; GRATE FIRED INCINERATOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; INCINERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COAL; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84856361239     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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