Refuse-derived Fuel Energy Recovery by Plasma Technology

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...

Systelll s Evaluation of Refuse as a Low Sulfur Fuel Part I-The Value of Refuse Energy and the Cost of its Recovery

Part 1 is the first part in a series dealing with utilization of municipal solid waste �s an auxiliary fuel for utility class steam generators. It considers the resource characteristics of refuse as a fuel and the eco­ nomics of such use in comparison with conventional disposal techniques. The primary objective was to establish the impact such refuse use would have, if extensively practiced in ...

Recovery of plastic wastes from dumpsite as refuse-derived fuel and its utilization in small gasification system.

An effort to utilize solid wastes at dumpsite as refuse-derived fuel (RDF) was carried out. The produced RDF briquette was then utilized in the gasification system. These wastes were initially examined for their physical composition and chemical characteristics. The wastes contained high plastic content of 24.6-44.8%, majority in polyethylene plastic bag form. The plastic wastes were purified b...

Energy Recovery Study for Polyethylene and Cotton by Thermal Plasma Degradation

Worker health in refuse-derived fuel plants, a five-year followup.

Personal and area air monitoring data for endotoxins, contaminants of concern in the solid waste industry, were analysed to determine if recommended levels were exceeded and if problematic trends existed in comparison with previous measurements. Current and historic lung function and symptom information from the workforce was analysed to determine if values were within predicted norms and to ob...