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  • Simulation of technical and economic performance for waste processing technologies for MSW in region of Slovenia
    Tršelič, Ivana ; Avsec, Jurij ; Schneider, Daniel Rolph
    Waste and waste handling are one of the major environmental and energy problems in the 21st century, which is why waste management is of the utmost importance for the most efficient use and the most ... efficient recovery of energy. Simulation of technical and economic performance for waste processing technologies is a basic requirement for planning a meaningful and effective waste management process in the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facilities. In the present article, the mixed household waste in Slovenia was analysed by innovative approach. Only a small amount of mixed household waste can be disposed of in landfill and only small amount of the recyclables remains in the mixed household waste stream after sorting at source is achieved. The main residue of mixed household waste is to be converted to alternative fuel in MBT plant. With the use of waste processing technologies, the derivation of the alternative fuels in different varieties is achieved. The shares of alternative fuels of different qualities, derived from the mixed household waste, according to the requirements of the end users were calculated. The quality of alternative fuel is conditioned by the waste-to-energy technology. For that purpose, the waste-to-energy technologies were analysed to determine the input requirements of waste-to-energy technologies to reach the quality of the alternative fuel derived from mixed household waste. For reaching the requirements, different waste processing technologies were presented and valorised according to production costs of MBT technologies. The analysis varied according to origin of the household waste (urban or rural environment). Overall, our analysis and simulation results show that the innovative approach is more effective to understanding the waste management process purpose and environmental strategies of waste-to-energy plants.
    Type of material - conference contribution ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2021
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 83783171