Waste to Energy
Published on 30. December 2014
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-1-78466-060-4 (ISBN)
Description
Waste to Energy deals with the very topical subject of converting the calorific content of waste material into useful forms of energy. It complements and, to a certain degree, overlaps with its companion volume, "Biomass to Biofuels", since a significant proportion of biomass converted to energy nowadays originates from various types of waste. The material in the first, more substantial part of the volume has been arranged according to the type of process for energy conversion. Biochemical processes are described in six articles. These relate to the production of methane by anaerobic digestion; reactor conversion efficiencies; investigations on ethanol production from biodegradable municipal solid waste through hydrolysis and fermentation; hydrogen production from glucose through a hybrid anaerobic and photosynthetic process; biodiesel production from used cooking oil through base-catalyzed transesterification. Conversions by thermochemical processes are discussed in the subsequent eleven articles of the volume.These cover combustion, the direct use of heat energy; using the heat produced in thermal power stations for steam and, ultimately, electricity generation; municipal solid waste and refuse-derived fuel.
In another article, computational fluid dynamics modelling is applied to assess the influence of process parameters and to perform optimization studies. A group of articles deal with more complex thermochemical processes involving combustion combined with pyrolysis and gasification. Two articles focus on biofuels as feed for fuel cells. In the last six articles, the emphasis is on management and policy rather than technical issues.
In another article, computational fluid dynamics modelling is applied to assess the influence of process parameters and to perform optimization studies. A group of articles deal with more complex thermochemical processes involving combustion combined with pyrolysis and gasification. Two articles focus on biofuels as feed for fuel cells. In the last six articles, the emphasis is on management and policy rather than technical issues.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78466-060-4 (9781784660604)
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Content
High rate, low F:M anaerobic treatment of medium strength waste streams using the static granular bed reactor for renewable energy production; Squeezing wastes in a wastewater treatment plant; The application of an anaerobic baffled reactor to produce biogas from kitchen waste; Rubbish or resources: an investigation into converting municipal solid waste to bio-ethanol production; Biohydrogen production by Clostridium beijerinckii; Comparison of three options for biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil; Characterization of physical and chemical properties of fuel containing animal waste; The use of waste as alternative fuels in cement production; Small decentralised thermal power stations for refuse-derived fuel; Sustainable waste processing in a grate furnace and in a fluidized bed incinerator: WtE, recycling and environmental concerns; Numerical optimisation of operating conditions of waste to energy; A comparative study for energetic valorisation of partially digested sewage sludge; Evaluation of thermodynamic efficiency of biowaste gasification; Batch waste gasification technology: characteristics and perspectives; Experimental study and model validation of waste gasification in an up-draft fixed-bed gasifier; Conversion of waste rubber as an alternative route to renewable fuel production; Process simulation and sensitivity analysis of waste plastics gasification in a fluidized bed reactor; Recovering energy from liquid sanitary waste through direct alcohol fuel cells; Gasified residual/waste biomass as solid oxide fuel cell feed for renewable electricity production; Poultry litter valorization to energy; A review of the bioenergy potential of residual materials in Quebec; Waste as a resource in the United Kingdom: energy and sustainability; Perspectives of refuse-derived fuel in Romania after entrance into the EU; System analysis for integration of landfill energy production into the regional energy supply; Selective collection and waste-to-energy strategies: which interaction?