Beschreibung:
Municipal Solid Waste Energy Conversion in Emerging Countries: Technologies, Best Practices, Challenges and Policy presents contributions from authors from India, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, South Africa and China who come together to present the most reliable technologies for the energy conversion of municipal solid waste. The book addresses existing economic and policy scenarios and possible pathways to increase energy access and reduce the negative impacts of inadequate disposal. The book's authors discuss anaerobic digestion and other MSW conversion technologies, such as incineration and gasification. The environmental and social impacts of their introduction in small villages in emerging countries is also explored.
1. Introduction2. Overall overview of emerging economies3. Best Available Technologies (BAT) for Waste to Energy (WtE) for developing countries4. WtE best practices in Latin America5. WtE best practices in Asia6. WtE best practices in Africa7. Existing barriers for WtE in emerging countries and policy recommendations