TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of introducing energy recovery processes to the municipal solid waste management system in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
AU - Toshiki, Kosuke
AU - Giang, Pham Quy
AU - Serrona, Kevin Roy B.
AU - Sekikawa, Takahiro
AU - Yu, Jeoung Soo
AU - Choijil, Baasandash
AU - Kunikane, Shoichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Showa Shell Sekiyu Foundation for the promotion of environmental research, and partially by the Asahi Glass Foundation (grant number 68 ).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Currently, most developing countries have not set up municipal solid waste management systems with a view of recovering energy from waste or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In this article, we have studied the possible effects of introducing three energy recovery processes either as a single or combination approach, refuse derived fuel production, incineration and waste power generation, and methane gas recovery from landfill and power generation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as a case study. We concluded that incineration process is the most suitable as first introduction of energy recovery. To operate it efficiently, 3Rs strategies need to be promoted. And then, RDF production which is made of waste papers and plastics in high level of sorting may be considered as the second step of energy recovery. However, safety control and marketability of RDF will be required at that moment.
AB - Currently, most developing countries have not set up municipal solid waste management systems with a view of recovering energy from waste or reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In this article, we have studied the possible effects of introducing three energy recovery processes either as a single or combination approach, refuse derived fuel production, incineration and waste power generation, and methane gas recovery from landfill and power generation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as a case study. We concluded that incineration process is the most suitable as first introduction of energy recovery. To operate it efficiently, 3Rs strategies need to be promoted. And then, RDF production which is made of waste papers and plastics in high level of sorting may be considered as the second step of energy recovery. However, safety control and marketability of RDF will be required at that moment.
KW - Developing country
KW - Energy recovery
KW - Greenhouse gas emissions
KW - Landfill volumes
KW - Municipal solid waste management
KW - Refuse derived fuel
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.018
DO - 10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 25662253
AN - SCOPUS:84924905562
VL - 28
SP - 178
EP - 186
JO - Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
JF - Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
SN - 1001-0742
ER -
