Valorization of MSW-to-Energy in Thailand: Status, Challenges and Prospects

Intharathirat, Rotchana; Salam, P. Abdul

doi:10.1007/s12649-015-9422-z

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“…As a result, there are some difficulties in collecting updated data about their MSW management systems and waste-to-energy sectors; most of these data are not fully accessible. Therefore, the data related to the study were collected, to a feasible extent, from previous research papers [13,17,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38], review papers [9,[39][40][41], policy reports by the World Bank [1], the United Nations Environment Programme [12,42], the International Energy Agency [3,7], the International Renewable Energy Agency [43,44], the World Energy Council [15], and other accessible reports. Then, the study synthesized, analyzed, and evaluated data about waste resources, current waste management, and waste-to-energy utilization in Southeast Asian countries in order to highlight a comparison of MSW management systems and the status of waste-to-energy processes among the countries.…”

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“…Several studies have, to a reasonable extent, overviewed, analyzed, and evaluated the waste management and waste-to-energy sectors in Southeast Asian countries [1,28], but most have focused on the waste-to-energy sector in specific countries such as Thailand [29,30], Malaysia [31][32][33], Vietnam [17], and Myanmar [13]. Despite some issues such as public perception, public-private partnerships, all stakeholder involvement, funding, and climate factors, some Southeast Asian countries have made a reasonably successful step toward waste-to-energy technologies.…”

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Renewable Waste-to-Energy in Southeast Asia: Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Selection of Waste-to-Energy Technologies

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Rapid urban population growth that boosts increased waste generation and electricity demand has led to a possible alternative waste-to-energy solution in Southeast Asia. Despite some issues related to the development of the waste-to-energy sector such as public perception, all stakeholder involvement, public–private partnerships, funding, and climate factors, some Southeast Asian countries have made a reasonably successful step toward the developed technologies. Therefore, this study aimed to highlight an overview of the waste-to-energy sector in Southeast Asian countries to specify the status, challenges, opportunities, and selection of the technologies suited for the specific country. In order to achieve this aim, the study collected, synthesized, and evaluated data about waste resources, current waste management, waste-to-energy utilization, and its potential in the region based on published research papers and policy reports. It was found that the major waste-to-energy technologies in the region are incineration, landfills with gas capture, and anaerobic digestion. The total quantity of the waste-to-energy capacity from landfill biogas plants, incineration plants, and other waste-to-energy practices in the region accounts for over 323 MW at present and is expected to grow to double its current size by 2022. Meanwhile, by 2030, the realizable generation potential from renewable municipal waste in six Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) amounts to 17.26 terawatt-hours (TWh). The study also specifies the requirements and considerations for the selection of waste-to-energy technologies, as well as the dimensions related to the development of the technologies. Additionally, four major aspects—technical, financial, environmental, and social and political—regarding the challenges and opportunities for the development of these technologies are considered. The challenges and opportunities related to the development of waste-to-energy in the region reveal how to overcome the drawbacks and to grasp the benefits at present and in the near future. Finally, the study is concluded with suggestions for the selection of the technologies in the region.

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“…The tool is used to assess the energy production of various renewables and clean energy technologies projects and it's used to find the integrated financial analysis of the project, Greenhouse gas emission reductions, different cash flows, sensitivity, and risk analysis. [14]. The concept of analysis in RETScreen Expert software workflow in the following manners as provided which contains the different parameters for the execution of any analysis type.…”

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Prefeasibility Analysis of Electric Power Generation from Municipal Solid Waste using RETScreen:A Case Study of Peshawar City

Khan¹

2019

IJEW

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The escalation in the level of municipal solid waste generation by mankind is the index of using natural resources in an unsustainable and ineffective manner while that pattern has continued and paved its way to the exhaustion of the natural resources and environmental changes. Pakistan is not confronted solely by the increase in population growth like the other developing countries but it has also an escalation in its Municipal Solid waste (MSW) generation. The concerned municipal corporation authorities are incapable to cope up with due to a boost in the increased urbanization. Energy from waste being renewable energy can generate a good enough amount of electricity; reduces greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste minimization as well as it's a good source for a circular economy. RETScreen Expert Software support tool has been used in this study to determine the prefeasibility analysis of electricity generation from Peshawar city municipal solid wastes suggesting power plant having capacity assumed to be of 10 MW using city mix municipal solid waste it's being analyzed that for a 10 MW system which can export 74,816 MWh of electricity to the grid and the revenue generation from that will be 11,970,503 CAD. While the GHG emission reduction would be 32,598 tons of CO 2 having a simple payback period of 7.7 years with a cost to benefit ratio of 1.5 hence from the result its recommended to have a waste to energy facility for the Peshawar city municipal solid waste.

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“…Several attempts have been made by previous researchers to recover energy from mixed plastic waste using thermal treatment techniques such as incineration, pyrolysis, and gasification (Sharuddin et al, 2016;Vollmer et al, 2020). However, the presence of undesirables such as chlorinated compounds, high moisture content, heavy metals, and inert materials, in addition to plastics, posed a challenge to the efficacy of these techniques (Intharathirat & Abdul Salam, 2016).…”

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Cementless building materials made from recycled plastic and sand/glass: a review and road map for the future

Perera

Mendis

Baduge

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Plastic and glass may be sorted using machines and recycled into new plastic and glass as opposed to produce them from raw materials. However, contaminated plastic and sand, as well as certain types of plastic and sand, cannot be recycled using traditional methods and must be disposed of in a landfill. Researchers have been looking into these and have tried a variety of solutions to convert this waste into functional products. The development of composite construction materials based on these two materials was identified as a worthy solution. On the other hand, carbon dioxide emits during the cement manufacturing process and the use of that cement in the production of construction materials contributes 7% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, plastic sand/glass composite is environmentally friendly in two ways. It reduces landfill while also replacing the equivalent concrete product, lowering CO2 emissions. This paper examines the literature on the development of such materials, including technology, challenges, quality and properties. The development of a glass/sand composite to use as a material in the commercial scale production of roof and pavement tiles is described based on studies that are available.

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Valorization of MSW-to-Energy in Thailand: Status, Challenges and Prospects

Cited by 31 publications

References 61 publications

Renewable Waste-to-Energy in Southeast Asia: Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Selection of Waste-to-Energy Technologies

Renewable Waste-to-Energy in Southeast Asia: Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Selection of Waste-to-Energy Technologies

Prefeasibility Analysis of Electric Power Generation from Municipal Solid Waste using RETScreen:A Case Study of Peshawar City

Cementless building materials made from recycled plastic and sand/glass: a review and road map for the future

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