Waste to Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies (Green Energy and Technology)

Solid waste management is currently a major issue worldwide with numerous areas reaching critical levels. Many developing countries and countries in transition still miss basic waste management infrastructure and awareness. It is here that many of the solid waste management problems and challenges are currently being faced. As such, waste-to-energy (WTE) consists of a proven and continuously developing spectrum and range of technologies in a number of (mostly) developed countries. However, it’s integration in developing countries and systems in transition is often faced with scepticism and a complex set of barriers which are quite unique and differ greatly from those where WTE has been validated and applied over the years. __Waste-to-Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies__ will address this issue both theoretically and using concrete examples, including: · contributions from numerous scholars and practitioners in the field, · useful lessons and rules of thumb, · both successful and failed cases, and · real-life examples and developments. __Waste-to-Energy__ approaches this dynamic aspect of environmental engineering and management in a methodical and detailed manner making it an important resource for SWM planners and facility operators as well as undergraduate and post graduate students and researchers. Annotation Solid waste management is currently a major issue worldwide with numerous areas reaching critical levels. Many developing countries and countries in transition still miss basic waste management infrastructure and awareness. It is here that many of the solid waste management problems and challenges are currently being faced. As such, waste-to-energy (WTE) consists of a proven and continuously developing spectrum and range of technologies in a number of (mostly) developed countries. However, its integration in developing countries and systems in transition is often faced with scepticism and a complex set of barriers which are quite unique and differ greatly from those where WTE has been validated and applied over the years. Waste-to-Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies will address this issue both theoretically and using concrete examples, including: ·contributions from numerous scholars and practitioners in the field, · useful lessons and rules of thumb, · both successful and failed cases, and· real-life examples and developments. Waste-to-Energy approaches this dynamic aspect of environmental engineering and management in a methodical and detailed manner making it an important resource for SWM planners and facility operators as well as undergraduate and post graduate students and researchers Front Matter....Pages i-viii Waste-to-Materials: The Longterm Option....Pages 1-26 Planning Tools and Procedures for Rational Municipal Solid Wastes Management....Pages 27-57 A Methodological Framework for Integrating Waste Biomass into a Portfolio of Thermal Energy Production Systems....Pages 59-82 Modeling Waste Characteristics and WtE Plants as a Tool for Optimum Operation Conditions....Pages 83-105 Anaerobic Digestion of Waste....Pages 107-135 Use of Cement Kilns for Managing Hazardous Waste in Developing Countries....Pages 137-155 Thermodynamic Approach to Design and Optimization of Biomass Gasifier Utilizing Agro-Residues....Pages 157-195 Decisions Under Uncertainty in Municipal Solid Waste Cogeneration Investments....Pages 197-218 Waste Management in Greece and Potential for Waste-to-Energy....Pages 219-235 Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste in the Baltic States: Influencing Factors and Perspectives....Pages 237-260 Waste-to-Energy in Eastern and South Eastern Europe....Pages 261-296 Energy from Biomass in Mauritius: Overview of Research and Applications....Pages 297-321 Potential of Municipal Solid Waste in Hanoi for Energy Utilisation....Pages 323-339 Waste to Energy in Brazil....Pages 341-348 The Ambiguous Relation Between Waste Incineration and Waste Prevention....Pages 349-370 This book addresses the problems of integrating waste-to-energy (WTE) in developing countries and countries in transition, where waste management infrastructure and awareness can be lacking, and where scepticism is among a unique and complex set of barriers.