Page 7 - Turning Trash to Treasure: Development of Waste-to-Energy Technologies
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Waste-to-energy refers to a family of technologies that treat waste to recover
energy in the form of heat, electricity or alternative fuels such as biogas. The
scope of the term ‘waste-to-energy’ is very wide, encompassing a range of
technologies of diff erent scales and complexity. These can include the production
of cooking gas in household digesters from organic waste, collection of methane
gas from landfi lls, thermal treatment of waste in utility size incineration plants,
and co-processing of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) in cement plants or gasifi cation.
Dr Suneel Pandey, through this article, explains the concept, need, available
options, challenges, and the way forward for waste-to-energy technologies.
energy in the form of heat, electricity or alternative fuels such as biogas. The
scope of the term ‘waste-to-energy’ is very wide, encompassing a range of
technologies of diff erent scales and complexity. These can include the production
of cooking gas in household digesters from organic waste, collection of methane
gas from landfi lls, thermal treatment of waste in utility size incineration plants,
and co-processing of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) in cement plants or gasifi cation.
Dr Suneel Pandey, through this article, explains the concept, need, available
options, challenges, and the way forward for waste-to-energy technologies.
