Recent Publications
Publications related to the Earth Engineering Center of Columbia University published over the past years related to our WTERT organization.
Review of WTE ash utilization processes under development in northwest Europe
By A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
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WtERT Asia Meeting in Columbia News
2022 Waste-to-Energy Research And Technology (WtERT) Asia Meeting: Going into New Technologies and Best Practices to Promote Wide Application. This meeting was co-organized by Global WtERT Council and Columbia Global Center-Beijing. Please click the link to Columbia Global Center website for more information.
2022 Waste-to-Energy Research And Technology (WtERT) Asia Meeting: Going into New Technologies and Best Practices to Promote Wide Application
Recent catastrophic events have made climate change a major environmental issue. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that methane (CH4) is 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 100-year horizon; and 80 times stronger over a 20-year horizon, a timeframe which is increasingly seen [...]
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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