Municipal Solid Waste Fueled Power Generation: A Case Study of Waste-to-Energy
Publication Name
2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2023
Abstract
Municipal waste generation is increasing day by day, and it is expected to reach 2.2 billion tons per year in 2025. This uncontrollable increase in municipal waste leads to health, environmental and economic issues. The waste-to-energy method is a sustainable option to tackle both issues with waste management and the energy crisis. This paper presents a review of different current waste-to-energy techniques by considering the advantages and disadvantages, environmental impact, energy efficiency, and social impact of waste-to-energy methods. To compare the different systems for their electricity generation capacity, models for different systems were developed. The city of Wollongong was chosen as the study area, as it generates about 121,000 tons of municipal waste in a year, and around 48,400 tons of waste is recycled. The results from the simulation model show that the incineration method generates electricity in the range of 1700 kW compared to the landfill method which has an electricity generation capacity in the range of 100 kW. Thus, waste-to-energy technologies will revolutionize the sector of renewable energy and play a significant role in solving municipal waste management.
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