20.500.12556/RUL-168739 Towards waste-to-energy-and-materials processes with advanced thermochemical combustion intelligence in the circular economy Waste-to-energy processes remain essential to ensure the safe and irreversible removal of materials and substances that are (or have become) unsuitable for reuse or recycling, and hence, to keep intended cycles of materials in the circular economy clean. In this paper, the behavior of inorganic compounds in waste-to-energy combustion processes are discussed from a multi-disciplinary perspective, against a background of ever tightening emission limits and targets of increasing energy efficiency and materials recovery. This leads to the observation that, due to the typical complexity of thermally treated waste, the intelligence of combustion control systems used in state-of-the-art waste-to-energy plants needs to be expanded to better control the behavior of inorganic compounds that typically end up in waste furnaces. This paper further explains how this goal can be achieved by developing (experimentally validated) predictive numerical models that are engineering-based and/or data-driven. Additionally, the significant economic potential of advanced thermochemical intelligence towards inorganic compounds in waste-to-energy combustion control systems is estimated on the basis of typical operational figures. waste-to-energy inorganic compounds combustion control numerical models data-driven models municipal solid waste raw materials kontrola izpuhov numerični modeli true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-04-22 12:30:11 2025-04-22 12:30:17 2025-04-23 04:01:57 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 19 str. iss. 4 Vol. 16 Feb. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 621.4 1996-1073 10.3390/en16041644 165018627 De_Greef_..._Towards.pdf De_Greef_..._Towards.pdf 1 CBED9E390A996FB7953ADEEDB87CDE8B 4753ffcef8e73075c00d3f16e2029d474e142c5014021450759724a8e58ac0e6 c28f4ff4-1f63-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=209637 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1644 1 a5dd5645-1f63-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=209636 Fakulteta za strojništvo 0 0 0