Life cycle assessment of waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies for electricity generation using municipal solid waste in Nigeria

Applied Energy

Volumn 201, Issue , 2017, Pages 200-218

  Ayodele, T R ^a   Ogunjuyigbe, A S O ^a   Alao, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Global warming potential (GWP); Incineration anaerobic digestion (INC AD); Incineration landfill gas to energy (INC LFGTE); Landfilling; Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; LOCATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGIES; LANDFILLING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; WASTE TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROJECTS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DECISION MAKING; DIOXIN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FURAN; GLOBAL WARMING; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 85019645840     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.097     Document Type: Article

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