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WTE: Greenhouse Gas Benefits

Authors : Bernd Bilitewski, Christoph Wünsch

Published in: Recovery of Materials and Energy from Urban Wastes

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Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Is a by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels or organic materials. Carbon dioxide is the principal greenhouse gas (GHG) in the earth’s atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2,eq)
Carbon dioxide equivalents influence the Greenhouse gases (GHG) effect in different degrees. Their contribution is calculated in volume (or mole) equivalents to carbon dioxide.
Combined heat and power generation (CHP)
Is the simultaneous generation of both electricity and useful heat. Energy at a high temperature level is first converted to electricity, and the remaining energy, at a low level, is used to produce heat (e.g., district heating).
Global warming factor (GWF)
Expresses the amount of released CO2,eq for a combusted unit of fuel, in Mg CO2,eq/Mg of fuel, and can be expressed as generated amount of electricity, in Mg CO2,eq/MWhel, or heat, in Mg CO2,eq/MWhth.
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb and reemit infrared radiation; they cause the GHG effect that results in the heating up of the atmosphere.
Lower heating value (LHV)
Also known as net calorific value (CV) of a fuel, defined as the amount of heat released by the combustion of a unit mass of fuel; the LHV assumes that the water produced in combustion is in vapor state and that the latent heat of vaporization is not recovered.
Municipal solid waste (MSW)
Predominantly household wastes (domestic wastes) and similar commercial and bulky wastes collected by a municipality. They are in a solid or semisolid form; sludge or liquids are excluded as well as industrial wastes.
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Also known as laughing gas and is a major greenhouse gas with 298 times higher impact factor than carbon dioxide in a 100-year period.
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR)
Is the reduction of nitrogen oxides in combustion gases to nitrogen, using a catalyst and anhydrous ammonia, aqueous ammonia, or urea to diatomic nitrogen and water.
Wet weight (ww)
Substance in its original state, including combustibles, water, and ash.
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Metadata
Title
WTE: Greenhouse Gas Benefits
Authors
Bernd Bilitewski
Christoph Wünsch
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Recovery of Materials and Energy from Urban Wastes

Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-7849-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4939-7850-2

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7850-2_403