Title Characterization of refuse derived fuel production from municipal solid waste: the case studies in Latvia and Lithuania /
Authors Arina, Dace ; Bendere, Rūa ; Denafas, Gintaras ; Kalnacs, Janis ; Kriipsalu, Mait
DOI 10.2478/rtuect-2020-0090
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Is Part of Environmental and climate technologies.. Warsaw : Sciendo. 2020, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 112-118.. ISSN 1691-5208. eISSN 2255-8837
Keywords [eng] morphological composition ; pre-treatment ; solid recovered fuel ; quality
Abstract [eng] The authors determined the morphological composition of refuse derived fuel (RDF) produced in Latvia and Lithuania by manually sorting. The parameters of RDF (moisture, net calorific value, ash content, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulphur, chlorine, metals) was determined using the EN standards. Comparing obtained results with data from literature, authors have found that the content of plastic is higher but paper and cardboard is lower than typical values. Results also show that the mean parameters for RDF can be classified with the class codes: Net heating value (3); chlorine (3); mercury (1), and responds to limits stated for 3rd class of solid recovered fuel. It is recommended to separate biological waste at source to lower moisture and ash content and increase heating value for potential fuel production from waste.
Published Warsaw : Sciendo
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2020
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