Low-Temperature Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste Components and Refuse-Derived Fuel—Process Efficiency and Fuel Properties of Carbonized Solid Fuel

Evaluating of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Production from Municipal Solid Waste (Case Study: Qazvin Province)

Considering increasing population growth in recent decades, and consequently, the increase in waste production in the world, waste management and efforts to reduce their harm to the environment has become an important issue. One of the appropriate ways to manage municipal waste is to generate energy from waste, especially by RDF production method. On the other hand, in order to reduce the consu...

The assessment of reuse potential for municipal solid waste and refuse-derived fuel incineration ashes

Resource recovery plants with a waste presorting process prior to incineration have not been successfully implemented in many developing countries. At least two engineering projects were fully assessed in Taiwan for the possible installation of presorting facilities in order to increase the potential efficiency of material and energy recovery for municipal incinerators. But the reuse potential ...

Hydrothermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste to Produce Solid Fuel

This paper describes the application of innovative hydrothermal technology on local municipal solid waste (MSW) to produce low chlorine content solid co-firing fuel with coal. Raw MSW was treated at temperatures ranging from 210 to 235°C with 30 to 90 minutes holding period. The process yielded slump products which were then naturally dried to 5% moisture content, resulted in dry products with ...

A New Processing System for the Production of Improved Refuse Derived Fuel and Recyclables from Municipal Solid Waste

The following are the questions and comments on the paper. (a) An energy balance could be provided to help clarify the cost of operating the system. Drying the refuse is likely very expensive. (b)The paper indicates that conventional RDF systems have trouble processing rugs, mattresses, wire, plastic sheets, etc.; however, the UAH system would appear to have similar difficulties with these mate...

Thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis of the decomposition of Solid Recovered Fuel from municipal solid waste