Publication detail

Prediction of Heating Value of Waste and Its Importance for Conceptual Development of New Waste-to-Energy Plants

PUTNA, O. KROPÁČ, J. FRÝBA, L. PAVLAS, M.

Original Title

Prediction of Heating Value of Waste and Its Importance for Conceptual Development of New Waste-to-Energy Plants

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article deals with the prediction of lower heating value (LHV) of residual municipal solid waste (MSW). Heating value of MSW varies according to location and time. It is influenced by socio-economic factors, citizens standard of living or the overall effectiveness of waste management. Over time, it changes due to the development of these parameters. Its prediction is crucial for the design of the key equipment parts of a waste-to-energy plant (e.g. specification of operating range for the furnace) and significantly influences the plant economy. Concurrently, average heating value reported for each plant is influenced by the area, from which the waste is collected. Therefore, a concept of a new comprehensive tool which creates a predictive model based on data from various sources is introduced. These are the results of waste composition analysis carried out in different typologically selected locations and times, LHV reported at several existing plants and available waste management statistics at regional level. These sources are further discussed in the paper through examples.

Keywords

lower heating value, municipal solid waste, waste-to-energy, optimisation

Authors

PUTNA, O.; KROPÁČ, J.; FRÝBA, L.; PAVLAS, M.

RIV year

2014

Released

23. 8. 2014

Publisher

Aidic Servizi S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISBN

978-88-95608-30-3

Book

Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Year of study

39

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

1273

Pages to

1278

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT109074,
  author="Ondřej {Putna} and Jiří {Kropáč} and Lukáš {Frýba} and Martin {Pavlas}",
  title="Prediction of Heating Value of Waste and Its Importance for Conceptual Development of New Waste-to-Energy Plants",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014",
  year="2014",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  volume="39",
  pages="1273--1278",
  publisher="Aidic Servizi S.r.l.",
  address="Milano, Italy",
  doi="10.3303/CET1439213",
  isbn="978-88-95608-30-3",
  issn="2283-9216"
}