Waste-to-energy : technologies and project implementation / Marc J. Rogoff, Francois Screve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogoff, Marc Jay, author.

Screve, Francois, author.

Contributor:

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Anthony Thomas Abraham Collection Endowment Fund in Energy Infrastructure.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse as fuel.

Waste products as fuel.

Incineration.

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : William Andrew, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front Cover; Waste-to-Energy; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Overview; 1.1 The Growing Solid Waste Disposal Problem; 1.2 The Trends Toward Energy From Waste; 1.2.1 The United States; 1.2.2 Europe; 1.2.3 China; 1.2.4 Africa; 1.3 Numbers of Waste-to-Energy Facilities; 1.4 Climate Change and Waste-to-Energy; References; Further Reading; 2 Project Implementation Concepts; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Developing the Project Team; 2.2.1 Internal Project Team; 2.2.2 Consultants and Advisors; 2.3 Risk Assessment; 2.3.1 Waste Stream

2.3.2 Energy and Materials Market2.3.3 Legal and Regulatory; 2.3.4 Facility Construction; 2.3.5 Facility Operation; 2.4 Implementation Process; 2.4.1 Project Phases; 2.5 Implementation of Project Scheduling; 2.6 Implementation of Project Costs; 2.7 Public Information Programs; Further Reading; 3 Energy From Waste Technology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic Combustion System; 3.3 Stages of Combustion; 3.3.1 Waste-to-Energy Solid Waste Combustors; 3.3.2 Products of Combustion; 3.4 Mass Burning; 3.4.1 Process Description; 3.4.2 Operations Experience; 3.5 Modular Combustion; 3.5.1 Process System

3.5.2 Operating Facilities3.6 Refuse-Derived Fuel Systems; 3.6.1 Processing Systems; 3.6.2 Wet Refuse-Derived Fuel Processing; 3.6.3 Dry-Processing Systems; 3.6.4 Organic-Processing Systems; 3.7 Fluidized-Bed Systems; 3.8 Emerging Waste Conversion Technologies; 3.8.1 Summary of Technologies; 3.8.2 Hydrolysis; 3.8.3 Gasification; 3.8.4 Anaerobic Digestion; 3.8.5 Plasma Arc; 3.9 Summary; 4 Solid Waste Composition and Quantities; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Types of Solid Waste; 4.3 Solid Waste Quantities; 4.3.1 Conducting a Municipal Solid Waste Weighing Program; 4.3.2 Waste Oil; 4.3.3 Tires

4.3.4 Estimated Waste Stream Available for Waste-to-Energy Facility4.4 Waste Composition Methodology; 4.5 Waste Sorting; 4.5.1 Hand-Sort Procedure; 4.5.2 Visual Characterization Procedure; 4.5.3 Disposition of Sampled Waste; 4.5.4 Testing of Samples; 4.5.5 Waste Composition Analysis; 4.6 Heating Value (Btu or kJ); 4.6.1 Practical Methods to Evaluate Waste Low Heating Value; 4.6.2 Variability in Waste Lower Heating Values; References; 5 Waste Flow Control; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Flow Control Mechanisms; 5.2.1 Waste Flow Control Through Legislation/Regulation

5.2.2 Contractual Control of Waste Stream5.2.3 Economic Incentives for Waste Stream Control; 5.3 Case Studies; 5.3.1 Ohio; 5.3.2 Florida; Further Reading; 6 Selecting the Facility Site; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Site-Selection Process; 6.2.1 Evaluation Criteria; 6.2.1.1 Technical Considerations; 6.2.1.2 Environmental Considerations; 6.2.1.3 Social Considerations; 6.3 Site-Screening Process; 6.3.1 Stage 1: Data Collection and Analysis; 6.3.2 Stage 2: Preparation of Constraint Maps; 6.3.3 Stage 3: Identifying Potential Site Areas; 6.3.4 Stage 4: Preliminary Screening of Site Areas

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 15, 2019).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anthony Thomas Abraham Collection Endowment Fund in Energy Infrastructure.

Other Format:

Print version: Rogoff, Marc Jay. Waste-to-energy.

ISBN:

9780128160800

0128160802

9780128160794

0128160799

Publisher Number:

99987372967

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.