A Thermo-Economic Approach to Energy from Waste

Provides a Lifecycle Assessment approach to waste-to-energy conversion technologies and sustainable development

Anand Ramanathan (Author), Meera Sheriffa Begum (Author), Amaro Olimpio Pereira (Author), Claude Cohen (Author)

9780128243572

Paperback, published 27 October 2021

220 pages, 75 illustrations (15 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 1.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Approx.202 pages

1. Pyrolysis of waste Biomass: Towards sustainable development2. Biomass pyrolysis system based on Life cycle assessment and Aspen plus analysis and kinetic modelling3. Biomass gasification integrated with Fischer-Tropsch reactor: Techno-economic approach4. Energy recovery from biomass through gasification technology5. Life Cycle Assessment applied to Waste-to-Energy Technologies6. Waste disposal in Selected Favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro7. Waste to value added functional catalysts for transesterification process in biodiesel production

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]