Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(7), С. 5857 - 5857
Опубликована: Март 28, 2023
Taking
advantage
of
the
growing
production
organic
waste
for
its
conversion
to
waste-to-energy
(WtE)
also
contributes
mitigating
problems
associated
with
final
disposal,
which
is
a
global
trend
increasing
application.
This
work
presents
an
innovative
approach
identification
and
prioritization
WtE
alternatives
available
from
use
food
(FW)
present
in
municipal
solid
(MSW)
Colombian
municipality
source
separation
selective
collection:
(i)
systematic
literature
review,
allows
one
identify
alternatives;
(ii)
prospective
MIC-MAC
method
(Matrice
d’Impacts
Croisés
Multiplication
Appliqués
à
un
Classement)
allowed
selection
criteria
sub
criteria;
(iii)
analytical
hierarchical
process
(AHP)
technique
order
preference
by
similarity
ideal
solution
(TOPSIS),
ranking
selected
considering
technical,
environmental,
social
aspects.
The
technologies
identified
were
anaerobic
digestion,
gasification,
incineration,
biogas
recovery
landfills,
pyrolysis;
this
last
was
excluded
due
greater
application
potential
substrates
such
as
plastic
waste.
six
sub-criteria
prioritized
acceptability
(36%),
greenhouse
gas
emissions
mitigated
(16.17%),
MSW
reduction
(15.83%),
energy
(13.80%),
technological
maturity
(12.95%),
electrical
efficiency
(5.25%),
decreasing
preferences
digestion
(78.2%),
gasification
(47.5%),
incineration
(27.4%),
landfills
(6.6%);
latter
least
desirable
alternative
(lower
acceptance
CO2
tons
relation
other
options).
nature
study
consideration
comprehensive
management
type
large
number
(120
52
social,
59
technical)
validation
results
through
sensitivity
analysis,
us
confirm
study,
that
most
favorable
technology
treatment
FW.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
19(14), С. 8428 - 8428
Опубликована: Июль 10, 2022
Energy
recovery
from
waste
presents
a
promising
alternative
for
several
countries,
including
Ghana,
which
has
struggled
with
unsustainable
treatment
methods
and
an
inadequate
power
supply
decades.
The
current
study
adopts
comprehensive
multi-criteria
decision-making
approach
the
selection
of
optimal
waste-to-energy
(WtE)
technology
implementation
in
Ghana.
Four
WtE
technologies
are
evaluated
against
twelve
criteria.
An
integrated
AHP-fuzzy
TOPSIS
method
is
applied
to
estimate
criteria’s
weights
rank
alternatives.
From
AHP
results,
technical
criteria
obtained
highest
priority
weight,
while
social
emerged
as
least
important
process.
overall
ranking
order
by
fuzzy
follows:
anaerobic
digestion
>
gasification
pyrolysis
plasma
gasification.
sensitivity
analysis
indicates
highly
consistent
sturdy
results
regarding
selection.
This
recommends
adopting
hybrid
system
technologies,
this
offers
well-balanced
under
all
evaluation
compared
standalone
systems.
may
help
government
Ghana
other
prospective
investors
select
suitable
technology,
could
serve
index
future
research
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(7), С. 5857 - 5857
Опубликована: Март 28, 2023
Taking
advantage
of
the
growing
production
organic
waste
for
its
conversion
to
waste-to-energy
(WtE)
also
contributes
mitigating
problems
associated
with
final
disposal,
which
is
a
global
trend
increasing
application.
This
work
presents
an
innovative
approach
identification
and
prioritization
WtE
alternatives
available
from
use
food
(FW)
present
in
municipal
solid
(MSW)
Colombian
municipality
source
separation
selective
collection:
(i)
systematic
literature
review,
allows
one
identify
alternatives;
(ii)
prospective
MIC-MAC
method
(Matrice
d’Impacts
Croisés
Multiplication
Appliqués
à
un
Classement)
allowed
selection
criteria
sub
criteria;
(iii)
analytical
hierarchical
process
(AHP)
technique
order
preference
by
similarity
ideal
solution
(TOPSIS),
ranking
selected
considering
technical,
environmental,
social
aspects.
The
technologies
identified
were
anaerobic
digestion,
gasification,
incineration,
biogas
recovery
landfills,
pyrolysis;
this
last
was
excluded
due
greater
application
potential
substrates
such
as
plastic
waste.
six
sub-criteria
prioritized
acceptability
(36%),
greenhouse
gas
emissions
mitigated
(16.17%),
MSW
reduction
(15.83%),
energy
(13.80%),
technological
maturity
(12.95%),
electrical
efficiency
(5.25%),
decreasing
preferences
digestion
(78.2%),
gasification
(47.5%),
incineration
(27.4%),
landfills
(6.6%);
latter
least
desirable
alternative
(lower
acceptance
CO2
tons
relation
other
options).
nature
study
consideration
comprehensive
management
type
large
number
(120
52
social,
59
technical)
validation
results
through
sensitivity
analysis,
us
confirm
study,
that
most
favorable
technology
treatment
FW.
