THE EVALUATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES AS ENERGY SOURCE

Year 2018, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 131 - 141, 24.07.2018

Fatih Taşpınar , Ali Öztürk , Salih Tosun

Abstract

The waste
combustion is a burning method in which wastes are burned under controlled
conditions to produce energy under optimal conditions with a reduction in waste
volume of 100-1000 times. Although this method is preferred due to the high
energy gain, it is criticized in some societies due to the formation of some
toxic combustion products and gases and high initial investment cost. The
thermal processing or pyrolysis method is a method that brings out innovative
technologies and designs around the world because of environmental factors as
well as economic improvements. Municipal solid wastes can be disposed by the
pyrolysis method which gained popularity in recent years, by producing economical
value of the obtained thermal processing liquid and syngas and also the
electricity can be produced during the process. In this study, the methods
aforementioned in terms of energy production from municipal solid wastes were
examined and an evaluation was made for Turkey.

Keywords

Municipal Solid Waste, Energy Recovery, Landfilling, Incineration, Pyrolysis

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