Earth Engineering Center Publications
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Italy
Italy is a European country with population of 58.5 million. It is divided into 20 regions that can be aggregated in three macro-geographical areas (North, Center and South). The generation of municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Italy in 2004 was 31.1 million metric tones. The source - separated collection of recyclables and compostables was 22.7% of the total MSW production. However, the situation is very different between the macro-geographical areas of Italy: the North has reached a value of 35.5%, the Center 18.3% and the South 8.1%.
Download Publication (pdf)Methane Generation in Landfills
Methane gas is a by-product of landfilling municipal solid wastes (MSW). Most of the global MSW is dumped in non-regulated landfills and the generated methane is emitted to the atmosphere. Some of the modern regulated landfills attempt to capture and utilize landfill biogas, a renewable energy source, to generate electricity or heat. As of 2001, there were about one thousand landfills collecting landfill biogas worldwide.
Download Publication (pdf)M.S. Thesis: Waste-to-Energy for Santiago, Chile: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
By Paula Estevez Weinstein
Download Thesis (pdf)The State of Garbage in America
The 15th Nationwide Survey of MSW Management in the U.S.
From BioCycle Magazine - April 2006
Capture and Utilization of Landfill Gas
Renewable Energy, 2005
by Professor N.J. Themelis and Priscilla Ulloa
What is the potential for additional utilisation of landfill gas in the USA and around the world?
Investigations on Corrosion Protective Layers in Waste Incineration Plants
Peter Crimmann, Dietmar Bendix, Martin Faulstich, Sulzbach-Rosenberg / D WTERT-Germany 2005
Corrosion in the hot gas area of waste incineration plants is a severe problem that often causes premature damage of components. In general, these components are made of base materials, which are not stable in corrosive conditions (boiler steel). Thermal spraying is an alternative to the most usual process cladding, which has the potential to create cost-efficient protective coatings. Until now, there are still not enough experiences about quality assurance (porosity, oxides) and long run behaviour inside the incineration plants with sprayed coatings. Since many years, ATZ Entwicklungszentrum is involved in the development and/or advancement of materials, technologies, and applications of thermal spraying for corrosion protection. Currently, pipes, coated with different materials and different technologies are tested by different strategies (corrosion tests under laboratory scale and/or directly in incineration plants).
Download Publication (pdf)Investigation of Corrosion Protective Layers in Thermal Energy Plants
by P. Crimmann, D. Bendix, G. Tegeder, M. Faulstich WTERT-Germany 2005
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