scholarly journals Discussion: “The Economics of Energy Recovery From Industrial Waste Incineration” (Lombard, W. K., 1979, ASME J. Energy Resour. Technol., 101, pp. 260–268)

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-269
Author(s):  
R. E. Hofmann
2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (02) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ha Nyoung Yoo ◽  
Young Jae Ko ◽  
Young Hyun Kwon ◽  
Tae Wan Jeon ◽  
Young Kee Lee ◽  
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1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Lombard

The equipment technology to incinerate and in turn recover energy from industrial wastes is reasonably well documented via the manufacturers of the equipment involved. The difficult question for the industrial plant manager is whether the capital investment and operating costs are economically justified. This paper will review the styles of incineration and heat recovery systems which are typically applied to industrial wastes – solids, liquids, and gases – and then assess the quantity and type of waste materials which are needed to make the cost of installing that equipment economically justified.


2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2110039
Author(s):  
Federico Sisani ◽  
Amani Maalouf ◽  
Francesco Di Maria

The environmental and energy performances of the Italian municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) system was investigated by a life cycle assessment approach. On average the 39 MSWIs operating in Italy in 2018 treated about 6,000,000 Mg of residual municipal solid waste (RMSW) recovering on average from 448 kWh Mg−1 RMSW to 762 kWh Mg−1 RMSW of electricity and from 732 kWh Mg−1 RMSW to 1102 kWh Mg−1 RMSW of heat. The average quantity of CO2eq Mg−1 RMSW emitted ranged from about 800 up to about 1000 depending on the size and on the energy recovery scheme of the facility. Avoided impacts (i.e., negative values) were detected for the kg PM2,5eq Mg−1 RMSW and for human health (disability-adjusted life year Mg−1 RMSW). The determination of the hybrid primary energy index (MJ Mg−1 RMSW) indicated that mainly large size facilities and those operating according to a power and heat energy recovery scheme are effectively able to replace other primary energies by the exploitation of the lower heating values of the RMSW.


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