Publication detail

Networks for Utilising the Organic and Dry Fractions of Municipal Waste: P-graph Approach

Walmsley, T.G. Varbanov, P.S. Klemeš, J.J.

Original Title

Networks for Utilising the Organic and Dry Fractions of Municipal Waste: P-graph Approach

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Minimising the demand for fossil fuels and the greenhouse gas footprints is of high priority for sustainable development. This is true for all societal aspects - including research and development. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) networks are regarded as one of the potential contributors to solving this problem by applying a win-win strategy for simultaneously minimising the landfilled waste, fossil fuel demand and the associated footprints. A critical aspect for the success of a Waste-to-Energy network is to account for the spatial challenges posed by the distributed nature of the waste generation and the energy demands, where the size of the processing facilities and the served areas should be simultaneously optimised. The current work proposes concepts and procedure for targeting these capacities and sizes as the first step in the WtE network synthesis, employing Process Integration and P-graph. An illustrative case study is provided, illustrating the procedure and its application.

Keywords

Greenhouse gases; ITS applications; Municipal waste; Network synthesis; Process integration; Processing facilities; Research and development; Waste generation; Win-win strategies; Fossil fuels;

Authors

Walmsley, T.G.; Varbanov, P.S.; Klemeš, J.J.

Released

1. 10. 2017

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

ISBN

978-88-95608-51-8

Book

Chemical Engineering Transactions

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Number

61

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

1357

Pages to

1362

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT146096,
  author="Timothy Gordon {Walmsley} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov} and Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="Networks for Utilising the Organic and Dry Fractions of Municipal Waste: P-graph Approach",
  booktitle="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2017",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  number="61",
  pages="1357--1362",
  publisher="Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC",
  doi="10.3303/CET1761224",
  isbn="978-88-95608-51-8",
  issn="2283-9216"
}