Waste to Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies

By Avraam Karagiannidis

Book Overview

1. Waste-to-Materials - the longterm option.- 2. Planning Tools and Procedures for Rational Municipal Solid Wastes Management.- 3. A Methodological Framework for Integrating Waste Biomass into a Portfolio of Thermal Energy Production Systems.- 4. Modeling Waste Characteristics and WTE Plants as a Tool for Optimum Operation Conditions.- 5. Anaerobic Digestion of Waste.- 6. Use of cement kilns for managing hazardous waste in developing countries.- 7. Thermodynamic Approach to Design and Optimization of Biomass Gasifier Utilizing Agro-Residues.- 8. Decisions under uncertainty in Municipal Solid Waste cogeneration investments.- 9. Waste management in Greece and potential for Waste-to-Energy.- 10. Incineration of municipal solid waste in the Baltic States: influencing factors and perspectives.- 11. Waste-to-Energy in Eastern and South Eastern Europe.- 12. Energy from Biomass in Mauritius: Overview of Research and Applications.- 13. Potential of municipal solid waste in Hanoi for energy utilization.- 14. Waste to energy in Brazil.- 15. The ambiguous relation between waste incineration and waste prevention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447161033
• ISBN13: 9781447161035
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"