Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Energetic Valorization

dc.contributor.authorMachin, Einara Blanco
dc.contributor.authorPedroso, Daniel Travieso
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Daviel Gómez
dc.contributor.authorSilva dos Santos, Maria Isabel [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorde Carvalho, Felipe Solferini
dc.contributor.authorMachín, Adrian Blanco [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNeira Ortíz, Matías Abner
dc.contributor.authorArriagada, Reinaldo Sánchez
dc.contributor.authorTravieso Fernández, Daniel Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorBraga Maciel, Lúcia Bollini [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorArcos, Daniel Cuevas
dc.contributor.authorReyes, Yanet Guerra
dc.contributor.authorde Carvalho Júnior, Joao Andrade [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de Concepción
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad del Bío-Bío
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionPropulsion and Energy
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de Camagüey
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Pinar del Rio
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T13:32:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T13:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-01
dc.description.abstractIn 2019, Chile generated 20 million tons of waste, 79% of which was not properly disposed of, thereby providing an attractive opportunity for energy generation in advanced thermochemical conversion processes. This study presents a techno-economic and environmental assessment of the implementation of Waste-Integrated Gasifier-Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (WIG-GTCC) technology as an alternative for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) treatment. The studied case assesses the conversion of 14.61 t·h−1 of MSW, which produces a combustible gas with a flow rate of 34.2 t·h−1 and LHV of 5900 kJ·kg−1, which, in turn, is used in a combined cycle to generate 19.58 MW of electrical power. The proposed economic assessment of the technology uses the energy generation processes as a reference, followed by a model for an overall economic evaluation. The results have shown that the profit could be up to USD 24.1 million, and the recovery of investment between 12 and 17 years would improve the environmental impacts of the current disposal technology. The WIG-GTCC has the most efficient conversion route, emitting 0.285 kg CO2eq/kWh, which represents 48.21% of the potential yield of global warming over 100 years (GWP100) of incineration and 58.51% of the GWP100 of the standard gasification method. The WIG-GTCC would enable the energetic valorization of MSW in Chile, eliminate problems associated with landfill disposal, and increase opportunities for decentralized electricity generation.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Concepción
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad del Bío-Bío
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Chemical and Energy São Paulo State University, Campus of Guaratinguetá
dc.description.affiliationLaboratory of Combustion Technological Institute of Aeronautics Propulsion and Energy
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Camagüey
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Facultad de Ciencias Técnicas University of Pinar del Rio
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartment of Chemical and Energy São Paulo State University, Campus of Guaratinguetá
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15238900
dc.identifier.citationEnergies, v. 15, n. 23, 2022.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en15238900
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85143759774
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/248020
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnergies
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectcogeneration
dc.subjectenergetic valorization
dc.subjectenvironmental assessment
dc.subjectgasification
dc.subjectmunicipal solid waste
dc.subjecttechno-economic assessment
dc.titleTechno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Energetic Valorizationen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5270-9041[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0010-4507[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0266-6979[4]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1780-0576[5]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-1308-4878[6]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-6401-7595[12]
unesp.departmentFísica e Química - FEGpt

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