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Assessment of fluidized bed gasification of grapefruit solid waste
(2021-09-01)
This work assesses the effects of various process temperatures (700, 750, and 800 °C) and equivalence ratio (0.25; 0.30 and 0.35) on gasification of grapefruit (Citrus x paradisi) solid waste (GSW) in a fluidized bed ...
Waste Management Plan For Higher Education Institutions In Developing Countries: The Continuous Improvement Cycle Model
(Elsevier Sci LtdOxford, 2017)
Current and future environmental impact of household solid waste management scenarios for a region of Brazil: carbon dioxide and energy analysis
(2017-07-01)
In Brazil, the largest share (51.4%) of municipal solid waste is composed of organic matter; however, composting is rarely used as a treatment technology. In 2008, only 3.8% of Brazilian municipalities had access to ...
Characterization and thermal study of organic extracts of urban solid waste
(2014)
The urban residues put in landfill of the city of Sa˜o Carlos-SP, Brazil, in 2004 represent 58.7 % of decomposed organic material. The aim of this research was to characterize samples of urban solid waste and its organic ...
Optimisation of environmental gas cleaning routes for solid wastes cogeneration systems. Part II - Analysis of waste incineration combined gas/steam cycle
(Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd, 2008-04-01)
In the first paper of this paper (Part I), conditions were presented for the gas cleaning technological route for environomic optimisation of a cogeneration system based in a thermal cycle with municipal solid waste ...
Brazil's new national policy on solid waste: challenges and opportunities
(2013-03-29)
Brazil, one of the world's largest developing countries, has recently introduced a new solid waste management regulatory policy. This new regulatory policy will have implications for a wide variety of stakeholders and sets ...
A review of waste management in Brazil and Portugal: Waste-to-energy as pathway for sustainable development
(2021-11-01)
In this study, projections and current status of municipal solid waste generation worldwide and its collection, final destination, and waste-to-energy technologies are reviewed. Firstly, an overview of waste generation ...
Drivers and barriers to successful solid waste management: assessing through an aggregated indicator
(2022-01-01)
Solid waste management is the main topic of the circular economy and remains a challenge for public management, because despite the recent economic downturn in Brazil, some indicators still need to be improved. This study ...
Optimisation of environmental gas cleaning routes for solid wastes cogeneration systems - Part I - Analysis of waste incineration steam cycle
(Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd, 2008-04-01)
Research of advanced technologies for energy generation contemplates a series of alternatives that are introduced both in the investigation of new energy sources and in the improvement and/or development of new components ...