Plasma gasification of municipal solid waste for waste-to-value processing

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Munir, M T ^a   Mardon, I ^a   Al Zuhair, S ^b   Shawabkeh, A ^c   Saqib, N U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST   (Kuwait)

^d Porirua City Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste; Plasma gasification; Waste to value processing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GASIFICATION;

'CURRENT; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; COMMERCIALISATION; CURRENT STATUS; GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; PILOT SCALE; PLASMA GASIFICATION; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; WASTE-TO-VALUE PROCESSING;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 85072933239     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109461     Document Type: Review

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