Publication detail

Evaluation of properties and composition of the mixed municipal waste fine fraction

PALOVČÍK, J. ŠMÍROVÁ, B. SMEJKALOVÁ, V. JADRNÝ, J. ŠOMPLÁK, R.

Original Title

Evaluation of properties and composition of the mixed municipal waste fine fraction

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Knowledge of the waste composition is essential for effective and sustainable planning in waste management. Estimating the composition of mixed municipal waste is important to increase waste separation and related recycling. Many studies have presented their methodologies for analysing the composition of mixed municipal waste, but no uniform approach is available. Very often a significant part of mixed municipal waste is the fine fraction, the more detailed composition of which is unknown. This contribution aims to present a methodology for obtaining essential information about the fine fraction. A proposed approach for chemical analyses of the fine fraction is feasible in a simply furnished laboratory. For fine fraction, the amount of moisture and the combustible part of the waste are first monitored. Elemental composition of non-combustible waste and its phase composition is further evaluated. The outputs of the analyses were presented on five selected samples. The approach to chemical analysis has been designed to be easily repeatable, time-saving and can complement routine manual waste analyses.

Keywords

Mixed municipal waste, waste composition, fine fraction, waste chemical analysis, elemental composition, phase-composition.

Authors

PALOVČÍK, J.; ŠMÍROVÁ, B.; SMEJKALOVÁ, V.; JADRNÝ, J.; ŠOMPLÁK, R.

Released

15. 10. 2021

Publisher

Sdewes

Location

Dubrovník

ISBN

1847-7178

Periodical

Proceedings of SDEWES Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

State

Republic of Croatia

Pages from

1

Pages to

20

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.dubrovnik2021.sdewes.org/programme

BibTex

@misc{BUT176692,
  author="Jakub {Palovčík} and Barbora {Šmírová} and Veronika {Smejkalová} and Josef {Jadrný} and Radovan {Šomplák}",
  title="Evaluation of properties and composition of the mixed municipal waste fine fraction",
  year="2021",
  journal="Proceedings of SDEWES Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems",
  pages="1--20",
  publisher="Sdewes",
  address="Dubrovník",
  issn="1847-7178",
  url="https://www.dubrovnik2021.sdewes.org/programme",
  note="abstract"
}