Waste to Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Karagiannidis, Avraam (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
Series:Green Energy and Technology,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Waste-to-Materials – the longterm option
  • 2. Planning Tools and Procedures for Rational Municipal Solid Wastes Management
  • 3. A Methodological Framework for Integrating Waste Biomass into a Portfolio of Thermal Energy Production Systems
  • 4. Modeling Waste Characteristics and WTE Plants as a Tool for Optimum Operation Conditions
  • 5. Anaerobic Digestion of Waste
  • 6. Use of cement kilns for managing hazardous waste in developing countries
  • 7. Thermodynamic Approach to Design and Optimization of Biomass Gasifier Utilizing Agro-Residues
  • 8. Decisions under uncertainty in Municipal Solid Waste cogeneration investments
  • 9. Waste management in Greece and potential for Waste-to-Energy
  • 10. Incineration of municipal solid waste in the Baltic States: influencing factors and perspectives
  • 11. Waste-to-Energy in Eastern and South Eastern Europe
  • 12. Energy from Biomass in Mauritius: Overview of Research and Applications
  • 13. Potential of municipal solid waste in Hanoi for energy utilization
  • 14. Waste to energy in Brazil
  • 15. The ambiguous relation between waste incineration and waste prevention.