Environmental Assessment of Refuse-Derived Fuel Co-Combustion in a Coal-Fired Power Plant

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 748-760

  Rigamonti, Lucia ^a   Grosso, Mario ^a   Biganzoli, Laura ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co incineration; Coal; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Solid recovered fuel; Waste to energy plant

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; CO-FIRING; CO-INCINERATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COAL-FIRED POWER STATIONS; COCOMBUSTION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FEEDING RATE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENTATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PRE-TREATMENT; RESIDUAL WASTES; SULFUR OXIDE; WASTE TO ENERGY; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMIUM; COAL; COAL DUST; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INCINERATION; LEAD; LEAD OXIDE; LIFE CYCLE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; SULFUR; VANADIUM; WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AMMONIA; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUEL; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84867142154     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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