Publication detail

Waste-to-Energy Modelling – Energy Efficiency versus Minimized Environmental Impact

KROPÁČ, J. FERDAN, T. PAVLAS, M.

Czech title

Energetické využití odpadu - Energetická účinnost versus minimální dopad na prostředí

English title

Waste-to-Energy Modelling – Energy Efficiency versus Minimized Environmental Impact

Type

journal article - other

Language

en

Original abstract

Thermal treatment of waste represents an integral part of well-developed waste management systems worldwide. About 85.8 Mt of waste were treated with energy recovery and about 42.7 Mt were incinerated without energy recovery in 27 EU states in 2010. Up-to-date waste-to-energy (WtE) plants dispose waste and produce heat and/or electricity at the same time with minimal negative impact on the environment. Therefore complex flue gas cleaning systems are implemented to comply with strict environmental limits set on gaseous products of combustion process. Operation of these sophisticated systems is associated with additional energy consumption, and significant adverse effects to the whole WtE technology performance in terms of energy. Simulation model of WtE plant with annual capacity of 100 kt of municipal solid waste was created. Inhouse developed software W2E (Waste-to-Energy) was used for this purpose as well as for subsequent simulation addressing overall heat-and-mass balance calculation. Internal material and energy flows associated with application of different flue gas cleaning systems were analysed. The relation between performance in terms of energy efficiency and harmful compound removal efficiency was discussed.

Czech abstract

Termické využití odpadů je celosvětově nedílná součást kvalitních systémů nakládání s odpadem. Současná zařízení pro energetické využití odpadů likvidují odpad a produkují teplo a/nebo elektřinu s minimálním negativním dopadem na prostředí. Z toho důvodu jsou využívány komplexní systémy pro čištění spalin, které umožní dosáhnout náročných emisních limitů. Jejich provoz je spojen s energetickými nároky, které ovlivní energetické charakteristiky celého zařízení. V práci je popsán simulační model jednotky pro energetické využití odpadů, který byl vytvořen pomocí vlastního softwaru W2E. Pomocí něj jsou analyzovány materiálové a energetické toky spojené s provozem různých technologií pro čištění spalin a to s ohledem na vztah mezi energetickou náročností a vysokou účinností odstranění škodlivých složek.

English abstract

Thermal treatment of waste represents an integral part of well-developed waste management systems worldwide. About 85.8 Mt of waste were treated with energy recovery and about 42.7 Mt were incinerated without energy recovery in 27 EU states in 2010. Up-to-date waste-to-energy (WtE) plants dispose waste and produce heat and/or electricity at the same time with minimal negative impact on the environment. Therefore complex flue gas cleaning systems are implemented to comply with strict environmental limits set on gaseous products of combustion process. Operation of these sophisticated systems is associated with additional energy consumption, and significant adverse effects to the whole WtE technology performance in terms of energy. Simulation model of WtE plant with annual capacity of 100 kt of municipal solid waste was created. Inhouse developed software W2E (Waste-to-Energy) was used for this purpose as well as for subsequent simulation addressing overall heat-and-mass balance calculation. Internal material and energy flows associated with application of different flue gas cleaning systems were analysed. The relation between performance in terms of energy efficiency and harmful compound removal efficiency was discussed.

Keywords in Czech

odpad, energie, spaliny, energetická účinnost

Keywords in English

waste, energy, flue gas, energy efficiency

RIV year

2013

Released

29.09.2013

Publisher

AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISSN

1974-9791

Volume

35

Number

1

Pages from–to

901–906

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT102301,
  author="Jiří {Kropáč} and Tomáš {Ferdan} and Martin {Pavlas},
  title="Waste-to-Energy Modelling – Energy Efficiency versus Minimized Environmental Impact",
  year="2013",
  volume="35",
  number="1",
  month="September",
  pages="901--906",
  publisher="AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.",
  address="Milano, Italy",
  issn="1974-9791"
}