Thermal conversion of municipal solid waste via hydrothermal carbonization: Comparison of carbonization products to products from current waste management techniques

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1353-1365

  Lu, Xiaowei ^a   Jordan, Beth ^a   Berge, Nicole D ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Energy; Hydrothermal carbonization; Solid waste; Thermal

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON STORAGE; CARBONACEOUS RESIDUES; ENERGY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FOOD WASTE; FUEL SOURCE; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; LANDFILLING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; REACTION PERIOD; RESIDUAL MATERIALS; SOLID FUELS; SOLID WASTE STREAMS; THERMAL; THERMAL CONVERSION; WASTE DEGRADATION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIZATION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; SHIP CONVERSION; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT WASTE MANAGEMENT; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; GASES; INCINERATION; METHANE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84861571589     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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