Stabilization of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) fly ash for disposal in landfills or use as cement substitute
By Yixi Tian*, Nickolas J.Themelis, Diandian Zhao, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima
Link to the article in journalReview of WTE ash utilization processes under development in northwest Europe
By A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
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Performance of Waste-to-Energy fine combined ash/filter cake ash-metakaolin based artificial aggregate-Publication by Columbia University and GWC
By Yixi Tian*, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima, Xiaoxuan Teng, Nickolas J.Themelis
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Performance of structural concrete using Waste-to-Energy (WTE) combined ash-Publication by Columbia University and GWC
By Yixi Tian*, A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas*, Shiho Kawashima, Siwei Ma, Nickolas J.Themelis
Link to the article in journalRecent publication by Profs. Bourtsalas and Themelis (Columbia University and GWC) on the results of a study of five E.U. Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) plants
By By A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas* , Nickolas J. Themelis
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Waste to energy (WTE) in China: from latecomer to front runner
Abstract This paper discusses the 2000–2018 evolution of energy and metals recovery from urban wastes in the European Union and China. As a result of the zero-landfilling directive, in twenty years the European Union tripled its recycling rate (11%–30%) and its composting [...]
Methane emissions of U.S. Landfills
By Nickolas J. Themelis and A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
“You can even make diamonds out of residual Waste”
"Detailed response of Prof. Peter Quicker (WtERT-Germany) in Waste Management World to questions whether urban wastes can be "gasified" instead of "combusted". Professor Quicker, we regularly hear it promised that gasification processes could replace classic waste incineration and become the next [...]
Summary of Plastic-to-Oil Plants Recent Years-Report By Sun Kai
By Sun Kai Kai Sun, Visiting Scholar, Zhejiang University Advisors: Prof. A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas and Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science Columbia University June, 2020 This report [...]