Quantification of the resource recovery potential of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ashes

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1627-1636

  Allegrini, Elisa ^a   Maresca, Alberto ^a   Olsson, Mikael Emil ^a   Holtze, Maria Sommer ^b   Boldrin, Alessio ^a   Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Afatek Ltd   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bottom ashes; Critical elements; MSWI; Non ferrous metals; Recovery efficiency; REE

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; EFFICIENCY; IRON; METAL RECOVERY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

BOTTOM ASH; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; MSWI; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; REE;

WASTE INCINERATION;

FERROUS ION; METAL; WASTE;

ASH; GRAIN SIZE; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BOTTOM ASH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; INCINERATION; METAL EXTRACTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; WASTE;

EUROPE;

INCINERATION; METALS; RECYCLING; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84905569934     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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