Municipal solid waste and production of substitute natural gas and electricity as energy alternatives

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1107-1115

  Bidart, Christian ^a,b   Fröhling, Magnus ^a   Schultmann, Frank ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bio SNG; Electricity; Incineration; Landfill; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

BIO-SNG; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; COST MODELLING; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FIRST OPTIONS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LANDFILL CONSTRUCTION; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGIES; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PRODUCTION COST; SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; WASTE TO ENERGY;

BIOGAS; COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; INCINERATION; INVESTMENTS; LAND FILL; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84870232522     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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