ChemInform Abstract: An Overview of Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Fuel in China: Physical, Chemical Composition and Heating Value

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management presents an important challenge for all countries. In order to exploit them as a source of energy, a knowledge of their calorific value is essential. In fact, it can be experimentally measured by an oxygen bomb calorimeter. This process is, however, expensive. In this light, the purpose of this paper was to develop empirical models for the prediction of MSW higher heating value (HHV) from ultimate analysis. Two methods were used: multiple regression analysis and genetic programming formalism. Both techniques gave good results. Genetic programming, however, provides more accuracy compared to published works in terms of a great correlation coefficient (CC) and a low root mean square error (RMSE).

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Heating Value of Municipal Solid Waste

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x8700500117 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 141-145 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

C. Finet

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Heating Value

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Characterization of Refuse Derived Fuel Production from Municipal Solid Waste: The Case Studies in Latvia and Lithuania

Environmental and Climate Technologies ◽

10.2478/rtuect-2020-0090 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 112-118

Author(s):

Dace Âriņa ◽

Rūta Bendere ◽

Gintaras Denafas ◽

Jānis Kalnačs ◽

Mait Kriipsalu

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Calorific Value ◽

Ash Content ◽

Fuel Production ◽

Heating Value ◽

Refuse Derived Fuel ◽

Morphological Composition ◽

The Mean

AbstractThe authors determined the morphological composition of refuse derived fuel (RDF) produced in Latvia and Lithuania by manually sorting. The parameters of RDF (moisture, net calorific value, ash content, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulphur, chlorine, metals) was determined using the EN standards. Comparing obtained results with data from literature, authors have found that the content of plastic is higher but paper and cardboard is lower than typical values. Results also show that the mean parameters for RDF can be classified with the class codes: Net heating value (3); chlorine (3); mercury (1), and responds to limits stated for 3rd class of solid recovered fuel. It is recommended to separate biological waste at source to lower moisture and ash content and increase heating value for potential fuel production from waste.

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Physical, chemical and geotechnical characterization of fly ash, bottom ash and municipal solid waste from Telangana State in India

International Journal of Geo-Engineering ◽

10.1186/s40703-018-0093-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Chamala Surendra Reddy ◽

Supriya Mohanty ◽

Rehana Shaik

Keyword(s):

Fly Ash ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Bottom Ash ◽

Geotechnical Characterization ◽

Physical Chemical ◽

Telangana State

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Microwave Torrefaction of Moist Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Pellets with the Addition of Char from Agricultural Residues

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.757.156 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 757 ◽

pp. 156-160

Author(s):

Prodpran Siritheerasas ◽

Phichayanan Waiyanate ◽

Hidetoshi Sekiguchi ◽

Satoshi Kodama

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Bituminous Coal ◽

Volatile Matter ◽

Agricultural Residues ◽

Microwave Oven ◽

Microwave Absorber ◽

Mass Yield ◽

Heating Value ◽

Microwave Absorbers

An investigation of the effect of the addition of char from agricultural residues on the torrefaction of moist municipal solid waste (MSW) pellets (40 wt.% moisture) was carried out in a microwave oven (500-800 W for 4-12 minutes). Char from agricultural residues, including corncob, palm shell, straw, and bagasse, was used as the microwave absorbers to enhance the absorption of microwave irradiation. It was found that the addition of char from bagasse yielded the lowest remaining mass (or mass yield) and volatile matter (VM) content, but the highest temperature and heating value, of the torrefied MSW pellet. Moisture in the MSW pellet with or without the addition of microwave absorber was completely removed after being torrefied for 8-12 minutes. The VM contents remained in the MSW pellets with the addition of microwave absorbers were lower than that in the MSW pellet without the addition of microwave absorber. The addition of microwave absorbers led to an increase in carbon (C) content but a decrease in oxygen (O) content of the torrefied MSW pellets, compared to those of the raw MSW pellet. The heating values of the torrefied MSW pellets with the addition of microwave absorbers were equivalent to that of sub-bituminous coal, enhanced from that of the raw MSW pellet, which was lower than that of lignite.

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