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Optimal waste-to-energy strategy assisted by GIS for sustainable solid waste management

Tan, S. T. and Hashim, Haslenda and Lee, C. T. and Lim, J. S. and Kanniah, K. D. (2014) Optimal waste-to-energy strategy assisted by GIS for sustainable solid waste management. 8th International Symposium of The Digital Earth (ISDE8), 18 (1). ISSN 1755-1315

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Official URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-131...

Abstract

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become more complex and costly with the rapid socio-economic development and increased volume of waste. Planning a sustainable regional waste management strategy is a critical step for the decision maker. There is a great potential for MSW to be used for the generation of renewable energy through waste incineration or landfilling with gas capture system. However, due to high processing cost and cost of resource transportation and distribution throughout the waste collection station and power plant, MSW is mostly disposed in the landfill. This paper presents an optimization model incorporated with GIS data inputs for MSW management. The model can design the multi-period waste-to-energy (WTE) strategy to illustrate the economic potential and tradeoffs for MSW management under different scenarios. The model is capable of predicting the optimal generation, capacity, type of WTE conversion technology and location for the operation and construction of new WTE power plants to satisfy the increased energy demand by 2025 in the most profitable way. Iskandar Malaysia region was chosen as the model city for this study

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:energy management, optimization, power plants, waste incineration, waste management
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical Engineering
ID Code:54358
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:05 Apr 2016 06:59
Last Modified:12 Aug 2018 03:49

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