Technical potential of electricity production from municipal solid waste disposed in the biggest cities in Brazil: Landfill gas, biogas and thermal treatment
By Samuel NM de Souza, Mika Horttanainen, Jhonatas Antonelli, Otávia Klaus, Cleber A Lindino and Carlos EC Nogueira
This article presents an analysis of possibilities for electrical energy production by using municipal solid waste disposed in the
biggest Brazilian cities. Currently, the municipal solid waste in Brazil is collected and disposed of at landfills, but there are also other
technologies, which in addition to dealing with the garbage can also provide benefits in terms of energy provision.
The following scenarios were studied in this work:
- electricity production from landfill gas (reference scenario)
- incineration of all municipal solid waste
- anaerobic digestion of organic waste and incineration of refuse-derived fuel fractions after being separated in separation plants.
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