Advanced solutions in combustion-based WtE technologies

Martin, Johannes J. E.; Koralewska, Ralf; Wohlleben, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2014.08.026

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“…The Polish government regards WtE as an important and necessary step from landfilling towards higher levels in the waste hierarchy. The aim is to maximise the amount of energy recovered from residual waste [113]. In addition, Poland is obliged to obtain 15% of its energy from renewable sources, including waste, in the gross final consumption of energy in 2020 [114].…”

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“…13. The total capacity of newly opened plants is almost one million tonnes of waste per year, which will Table 5 Polish targets for reuse and recycling levels of paper, metal, plastic, and glass [113]. Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Target 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 30% 40% 50% allow them to process about 9% of MSW generated in the country [101].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Czajczyńska

et al. 2017

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a b s t r a c tThis paper proposes an overarching review of national municipal waste management systems and wasteto-energy as an important part of it in the context of circular economy in the selected countries in Europe. The growth of population and rising standards of living means that the consumption of goods and energy is increasing. On the one hand, consumption leads to an increase in the generation of waste. On the other hand, the correlation between increased wealth and increased energy consumption is very strong as well. Given that the average heating value of municipal solid waste (MSW) is approximately 10 MJ/kg, it seems logical to use waste as a source of energy. Traditionally, waste-to-energy (WtE) has been associated with incineration. Yet, the term is much broader, embracing various waste treatment processes generating energy (for instance, in the form of electricity and/or heat or producing a wastederived fuel). Turning waste into energy can be one key to a circular economy enabling the value of products, materials, and resources to be maintained on the market for as long as possible, minimising waste and resource use. As the circular economy is at the top of the EU agenda, all Member States of the EU (including the EEA countries) should move away from the old-fashioned disposal of waste to a more intelligent waste treatment encompassing the circular economy approach in their waste policies. Therefore, the article examines how these EU policies are implemented in practice. Given that WtE traditionally is attached to the MSW management and organisation, the focus of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to identify the different practices of municipal waste management employed in selected countries and their approaches in embracing the circular economy and, secondly, the extent to which WtE technologies play any role in this context. The following countries, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK were chosen to depict a broad European context.

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Section: Waste-to-energy In Polandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Waste-to-energy In Polandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Malinauskaitė

Jouhara

Czajczyńska

et al. 2017

Energy

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298

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“…Typically, these plants exports 500 kWh of electricity per ton of waste [6]. Average efficiency of energy production in European WtE plant is equal to approx.…”

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“…However, it can be assumed that the development of energy recovery infrastructure contributes also to the development of recycling. Some examples are confirming that communities supplying municipal waste to WtE facilities generally have higher than the average recycling rates [5] [6]. In countries with advanced waste treatment systems (like Germany or Sweden) the WtE infrastructure is an integrated part of the waste management system.…”

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Municipal Waste-to-Energy plants in Poland – current projects

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Abstract. In 2016, six new municipal waste combustion plants will be operating in Poland. These projects, located in: Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Konin, Kraków, Poznań and Szczecin, will influence waste management in Poland as well as change energy security of the country. So far in Poland only one Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant, i.e. in the capital city of Warsaw, has been operating. Unfortunately, this is not enough, taking into account Polish economic development in the last years. Polish accession to the European Union (EU) significantly influenced the development of the industry which resulted in increased production of waste while the management system was not prepared to handle it in the proper way so there was a big amount of waste. The main way to deal with waste in Poland was, and still is, landfilling which can be in many ways dangerous for the environment. The EU law have put pressure on Polish Waste Management Systems and results are visible in currently realized Waste-to-Energy projects. This work analysis of the aforementioned 6 projects from economic (project value, funding from the European Union) and technological (used technology, waste throughout, availability etc.) point of view together with their impact on the entire waste management system and energy security. What is more, history of similar facilities in Poland is presented, what shows how many projects were prepared, how many fell through and time frame of finally realised projects (start of construction and the planned completion). Conclusions show why in the current situation development of Polish WtE infrastructure is right, i.e. operation of aforementioned plants that will ensure benefits associated with energy production, reduction of landfilling and informing public opinion regarding modern waste management models. Additionally, the article draws attention on the high responsibility that will be put on WtE plants operators and that experience gained during WtE implementation can be used to improve even further for future Polish Waste Management Systems.

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“…However, the efficiency of the existing WtE plants is limited due to high-temperature corrosion problem [9,10]. The typical WtE plant operates at a steam pressure of 40 bars and temperature of 400 • C [11]. Taking into consideration relatively high parasitic consumption of the power plant and such steam parameters, the net efficiency of the WtE plant is typically in the range 22-25%, while values up to a maximum of 30% can be reached only in large installations [12].…”

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Exergo-Ecological Assessment of Waste to Energy Plants Supported by Solar Energy

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Hybridization of Waste to Energy (WtE) plants with solar facilities can take competing energy technologies and make them complementary. However, realizing the benefits of the solar integration requires careful consideration of its efficiency. To analyse such systems from the point of view of resource efficiency, the pure energy analysis is not sufficient since the quality of particular energy carriers is not evaluated. This work applies the exergo-ecological analysis using the concepts of thermoecological cost (TEC) and exergy cost for the performance evaluation of an integrated Solar-Waste to Energy plant scheme, where solar energy is used for steam superheating. Different plant layouts, considering several design steam parameters as well as different solar system configurations, in terms of area of heliostats and size of the thermal storage tank, were studied. The results for the solar integrated plant scheme were compared with the scenarios where superheating is performed fully by a non-renewable energy source. The presented results of exergy cost analysis indicate that the most favorable system is the one supported by non-renewable energy. Such an analysis does not consider the advantage of the use of renewable energy sources. By extending the system boundary to the level of natural resource and applying the thermoecological cost analysis, an opposite result was obtained.

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Advanced solutions in combustion-based WtE technologies

Cited by 46 publications

References 3 publications

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe

Municipal Waste-to-Energy plants in Poland – current projects

Exergo-Ecological Assessment of Waste to Energy Plants Supported by Solar Energy

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