Combining waste-to-energy steam cycle with gas turbine units

Michele Bianchi, Lisa Branchini and Andrea De Pascale

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 130, issue C, 764-773

Abstract: In recent years, interest has been growing in developing new possibilities to maximize the conversion of waste into energy. Technologies allowing for efficient Waste-To-Energy (WTE) conversion are supported in the EU, by the European Waste Framework Directive, suggesting an efficiency criteria aimed at introducing a reference quality standard. Nevertheless, current state-of-the-art WTE plants are typically characterized by low efficiency values, compared to conventional steam power plants using fossil fuels. This is mainly due to limitations in the WTE steam cycle design parameters, in comparison with large fossil fuelled power plants.

Keywords: Waste-To-Energy (WTE); Municipal Solid Waste (MSW); Gas Turbine (GT); Thermodynamic analysis; Parametric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.028

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