Greenhouse gas emissions from MSW incineration in China: Impacts of waste characteristics and energy recovery

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2552-2560

  Yang, Na ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Chen, Miao ^a   Shao, Li Ming ^a   He, Pin Jing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emission factors; Energy recovery; Fossil carbon; Greenhouse gas emission; Lower heating value; Municipal solid waste incineration

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CITIES; CRITICAL FACTORS; EMISSION FACTORS; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FOOD WASTE; FOSSIL CARBON; GHG EMISSION; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MSW INCINERATION; PROCESS STAGES; TIANJIN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECOVERY; WASTE INCINERATION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SINK; CHINA; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; INCINERATION; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION;

CHINA; TIANJIN; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84870244607     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Astrup T., Møller J., Fruergaard T. Incineration and co-combustion of waste: accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contributions. Waste Manage. Res. 2009, 27:789-799.
2. Bogner J.A., Ahmed M., Diaz C., Faaij A., Gao Q., Hashimoto S., Mareckove K., Pipatti R., Zhang T. Waste Management, in Climate Change 2007. Mitigation 2007, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 585-618.
3. Chen D.Z., Christensen T.H. Life-cycle assessment (EASEWASTE) of two municipal solid waste incineration technologies in China. Waste Manage. Res. 2010, 28(6):508-519.
4. Cheng H.F., Zhang Y.G., Meng A.H., Li Q.H. Municipal solid waste fueled power generation in china: a case study of waste-to-energy in Changchun city. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41(21):7509-7515.
5. China Environmental Protection Administration, 2002. GB 18918-2002: Discharge standard of pollutants for municipal wastewater treatment plants. China Environmental Science Press, Beijing.
6. China Solid Waste Website, 01/18/2011. Municipal solid waste treatment enter the incineration era, the MSWI plant in Weihai city produces 10 thousand ton of steam per year (in Chinese). http://www.hbzhan.com/news/detail/16551.html.
7. Damgaard A., Riber C., Fruergaard T., Hulgaard T., Christensen T.H. Life-cycle-assessment of the historical development of air pollution control and energy recovery in waste incineration. Waste Manage. 2010, 30:1244-1250.
8. Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K. 2006 Gas inventories programme, IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories 2006, vol. 5. Waste Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan.
9. Eisted R., Larsen A.W., Christensen T.H. Collection, transfer and transport of waste: accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contribution. Waste Manage. Res. 2009, 27:738-745.
10. Environmental Design of Industrial Products. 2004. Lifecycle assessment database developed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency in 1996, 2nd update. Copenhagen, Denmark.
11. 2-neutral or not?. Energy Environ. Sci. 2009, 2(9):907-914.
12. Fruergaard T., Astrup T., Ekvall T. Energy use and recovery in waste management and implications for accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contributions. Waste Manage. Res. 2009, 27:724-737.
13. Gohlke O. Efficiency of energy recovery from municipal solid waste and the resultant effect on the greenhouse gas balance. Waste Manage. Res. 2009, 27:894-906.
14. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion. 2009. The report of the physiochemical properties of the municipal solid waste in Zhaodong city. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou.
15. Han, Q., 03/01/2010. National development and reform commission: the planning of main functional areas being established, developing of economy with low carbon emission (in Chinese). http://www.nbd.com.cn/newshtml/20100301/20100301135253151.html.
16. He P.J., Shao L.M., Qu X., Li G.J., Lee D.J. Effects of feed solutions on refuse hydrolysis and landfill leachate characteristics. Chemosphere 2005, 59:837-844.
17. Larsen A.W., Vrgoc M., Christensen T.H., Lieberknecht P. Diesel consumption in waste collection and transport and its environmental significant. Waste Manage. Res. 2009, 27:652-659.
18. Luo T. Experimental Research on the MSW Properties and Selection of Separation Plan in Bao'an District of Shenzhen 2006, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
19. Manfredi S., Christensen T.H. Environmental assessment of solid waste landfilling technologies by means of LCA-modeling. Waste Manage. 2009, 29(1):32-43.
20. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2010. China energy statistical yearbook 2010. China Statistical Press, Beijing (in Chinese).
21. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2011. China statistical yearbook 2011. China statistical press, Beijing, China (in Chinese).
22. National Development and Reform Commission. 2010. Baseline emission factors for regional power grids in China. Beijing, China (in Chinese).
23. Qu X.Y., Li Z.S., Xie X.Y., Sui Y.M., Yang L., Chen Y. Survey of composition and generation rate of household wastes in Beijing. China Waste Manage. 2009, 29(10):2618-2624.
24. Riber C., Bhander G.S., Christensen T.H. Environmental assessment of waste incineration in a life-cycle-perspective (EASEWASTE). Waste Manage. Res. 2008, 26:96-103.
25. Shao H.W., Xu W.L., Kong J.J., Patiguli, Ge C.H., Zhang Y.S., Yu J., Wei W. Investigation and estimation of domestic waste in Urumqi. Environ. Sanitation Eng. 2009, 17(5):10-12. (in Chinese).
26. Statistics & Information Department, C.E.C., 2008. Brief summary of electricity production in China during January-October 2008. Electricity Industry Information, 20, 7-11. http://www.cec.org.cn/html/news/2008/11/18/20081118174476710.html.
27. Yuan H., Wang L.A., Su F.W., Hu G. Urban solid waste management in Chongqing: challenges and opportunities. Waste Manage. 2006, 26(9):1052-1062.
28. Zhao W., van der Voet E., Zhang Y.F., Huppes G. Life cycle assessment of municipal solid waste management with regard to greenhouse gas emissions: case study of Tianjin. China. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407:1517-1526.
29. Zhao Y., Christensen T.H., Lu W., Wu H., Wang H. Environmental impact assessment of solid waste management in Beijing City. China Waste Manage. 2011, 31:793-799.