Energy Content Estimation of Municipal Solid Waste by Physical Composition in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq
2021 (English) In: Journal of Ecological Engineering, ISSN 2299-8993, Vol. 22, no 7, p. 11-19Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study was undertaken to estimate the energy potential of municipal solid waste via creating a relationship between the high heating value (HHV) and the fractions of physical composition of municipal solid waste MSW (% food, % plastic, % paper, % wood, % textile) into the two scenarios, wet MSW (as discarded) and dry (free moisture). The created models have been determined based on the results of analysis the components of the Al-Diwaniyah MSW and then from previous studies which have experimental ultimate analysis (% C, % O, % H, % N, %S) of MSW supporting by the equations and models of previous studies which have been used for HHV calculation. SPSS Statistical software was used to perform the models. For each scenario, the input datasets were 60 cases taking into account the minimization of the data and the average of HHV that result from equations. Four models have been created, two models for each status where R2 was 1.00 and 0.999 for dry and wet situation respectively. However, the equations of verification process showed that the models which depended on the dry fractions are the more accurate. The produced HHV from the dry and wet MSW components in Al-Diwaniyah City is 8655 KJ/Kg and 6440 KJ/Kg respectively (as discarded).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) , 2021. Vol. 22, no 7, p. 11-19
Keywords [en]
municipal solid waste, energy content, high heating value models, waste characterization, landfilling
National Category
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Research subject Soil Mechanics
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86488 DOI: 10.12911/22998993/137443 ISI: 000672663900002 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110768983 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86488 DiVA, id: diva2:1582172
Note Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-07-29 (beamah)
2021-07-292021-07-292025-02-07 Bibliographically approved