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Combined electricity production and thermally driven cooling from municipal solid waste. Doctoral thesis.

Author(s) : UDOMSRI S.

Type of monograph: Doctoral thesis

Summary

Electricity production in combination with energy recovery from flue gases in thermal treatment plants is an integral part of municipal solid waste (MSW) management for many industrialized nations. In Sweden, MSW is considered as an important fuel resource for partially meeting EU environmental targets within cogeneration. However, it is normally difficult to justify traditional cogeneration in tropical locations since there is little need for the heat produced. Similarly, MSW-fired cogeneration usually operates with low capacity during non-heating season in Sweden. Therefore, it is very important to find new alternatives for energy applications from waste, such as the implementation of thermally driven cooling processes via absorption cooling in addition to electricity production. The work in this doctoral thesis concentrates first on an investigation of electricity generation from MSW power plants and various energy applications from waste in tropical urban areas. The potential for various types of absorption chillers driven by MSW power plants for providing both electricity and cooling is of particular interest. Additionally, a demonstration and analysis of decentralized thermally driven cooling in district heating network supplied by low temperature heat from a cogeneration of MSW have been conducted. The study aims at developing the best system configuration as well as finding improved system design and control for a combination of district heating and distributed thermally driven cooling.

Details

  • Original title: Combined electricity production and thermally driven cooling from municipal solid waste. Doctoral thesis.
  • Record ID : 30000671
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) - Sweden/Sweden
  • Publication date: 2011
  • ISSN: 11020245
  • ISBN: 9789174159301

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