Estimation of appropriate CO2 concentration sampling cycle for MSW incinerators

Seongmin Kang, Jeahyung Cha, Changsang Cho, Ki-Hyun Kim and Eui-Chan Jeon

Energy & Environment, 2020, vol. 31, issue 3, 535-544

Abstract: For this study, the CO 2 concentrations of three municipal solid waste incinerators were measured for a year by using the continuous measurement method, and then the collected monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly samples were compared against the average yearly samples, in order to find out the appropriate CO 2 concentration sampling cycle. The results of the Kruskal–Wallis test showed that the averages of the monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly samples of the three municipal solid waste incinerators were different. Then, the monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly samples were compared to the yearly samples in a post-hoc test. In conclusion, the monthly CO 2 concentrations of incinerator C were different from its yearly samples, and for incinerators A and B, the averages of all of the monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly samples were different from the average of their respective yearly samples. Therefore, the results of this study indicate that monthly samples of the CO 2 concentration of municipal solid waste incinerators, which can be secured in the largest volume and which include the most details, should be secured to investigate the appropriate CO 2 sampling cycle.

Keywords: Greenhouse gas; municipal solid waste incinerators; CO2 concentration; appropriate sampling cycle; Kruskal–Wallis test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X19877698

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