Energy Recovery routes from Municipal Solid Waste : A case study of Arusha-Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Omari, Arthur | |
| dc.contributor.author | Said, Mahir | |
| dc.contributor.author | Njau, Karoli | |
| dc.contributor.author | John, Geoffrey | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mtui, Peter | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T08:46:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T08:46:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A study of energy recovery from municipal solid waste was undertaken. The energy content of the solid waste is 12MJ/kg. The elemental composition shows that the municipal solid waste contains 50% and 5% of carbon and hydrogen respectively. The energy flow (exothermic and endothermic) and thermal degradation analysis were carried out using differential scanning calorimetry and thermo-gravimetric analyser respectively. Experiments were performed at heating rate of 10 K/min, 20 K/min, 30 K/min and 40 K/min in the nitrogen atmosphere at temperature between room temperature and 1273 K. The thermal degradation kinetic parameters values of activation energy (E ) ranged from 205.9 to 260.6kJ/mol. It has been observed that municipal solid waste is less reactive to combustion as compared to coal and biomass, but its reactivity can be improved through pre-treating process so as to reduce noncombustible materials such as oxygen and ash content. Also pyrolysis and gasification can be used to convert MSW to liquid or gaseous fuel. a | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2225-0573 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/346 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Municipal Solid Waste | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thermal behavior | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thermo gravimetric Analysis. | en_US |
| dc.title | Energy Recovery routes from Municipal Solid Waste : A case study of Arusha-Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |