Greenhouse gas credits from integrated waste-to-energy plant

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F20%3APU136724" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/20:PU136724 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620324550" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620324550</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122408" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122408</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Greenhouse gas credits from integrated waste-to-energy plant

Original language description

In Europe, most of the district heat is produced from fossil energy sources such as coal or natural gas. Together with the intention to divert municipal waste from landfill, which is still the main way of treatment in approximately half of the EU countries, there is a potential for the construction of waste-to-energy plants (WtEP) that can partially replace fossil fuels. An important factor in planning the construction of new WtE plants is the assessment of the project's economy. However, the ecological aspect of the project, namely the greenhouse-gas (GHG) savings, is becoming a topic of discussion nowadays. In terms of GHG savings, WtE plant integration into an existing district heating system (DHS) has a positive impact, but its level is often only roughly estimated. The paper presents a comprehensive mathematical optimization tool working on a daily time interval that is able to evaluate the impact of changing current technology or WtE plant construction on global warming potential. The technical parameters such as boiler output range, energy efficiency, etc. are considered. The tool also allows to put in the context the GHG savings and economic benefits of the project. These two factors are very difficult to compare. The study answers the question of how to deal with this issue and presents the possibility of comparison, which is generally transferable to any two parameters. Due to two poorly comparable criteria, the result does not include a single optimal solution, but clearly illustrates the view of the overall issue and gives a good basis for the final decision. The method used are illustrated in real-world DHS with various parameters where the relationship between GHG savings and the economic benefits of the integration of a WtE plant is evaluated. The whole problem is the task of linear integer programming and is implemented in the GAMS programming environment. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20704 - Energy and fuels

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Cleaner Production

ISSN

0959-6526

e-ISSN

1879-1786

Volume of the periodical

270

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

000579071300065

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85086562798