Towards waste-to-energy-and-materials processes with advanced thermochemical combustion intelligence in the circular economy

De Greef, Johan (avtor), Hoang, Quynh N. (avtor), Vandevelde, Raf (avtor), Meynendonckx, Wouter (avtor), Bouchaar, Zouhir (avtor), Granata, Giuseppe (avtor), Verbeke, Mathias (avtor), Ishteva, Mariya (avtor), Seljak, Tine (avtor), Van Caneghem, Jo (avtor), Vanierschot, Maarten (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: waste-to-energy, inorganic compounds, combustion control, numerical models, data-driven models, municipal solid waste, raw materials
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: 19 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 16, iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-168739
• UDK: 621.4
• ISSN pri članku: 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en16041644
• COBISS.SI-ID: 165018627
• Datum objave v RUL: 22.04.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Energies
• Skrajšan naslov: Energies
• Založnik: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
• ISSN: 1996-1073
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518046745

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: kontrola izpuhov, numerični modeli

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Številka projekta: 3E200396
• Naslov: Towards continuous combustion of gasified municipal solid waste

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0401-2022
• Naslov: Energetsko strojništvo