Waste-to-energy: A review of the status and benefits in USA

被引：237

作者：

Psomopolos, C. S. ^{[1
]}

Bourka, A. ^{[2
]}

Themelis, N. J. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] TEI Piraeus, Dept Elect Engn, GR-12244 Athens, Greece

[2] EPTA Ltd, GR-11142 Athens, Greece

[3] Columbia Univ, Earth Engn Ctr, New York, NY 10027 USA

来源：

WASTE MANAGEMENT | 2009年 / 29卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The USA has significant experience in the field of municipal solid waste management. The hierarchy of methodologies for dealing with municipal solid wastes consists of recycling and composting, combustion with energy recovery (commonly called waste-to-energy) and landfilling. This paper focuses on waste-to-energy and especially its current status and benefits, with regard to GHG, dioxin and mercury emissions. energy production and land saving, on the basis of experience of operating facilities in USA. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：1718 / 1724

页数：7