Potential of wte plants in brazil’s northeastern: forecast and comparative analysis of environmental and energy sector impacts
The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management and electricity supply are concerns present in Brazil. At this juncture, the waste to energy plants (WTE) emerge as an alternative investment that could bring benefits to both the management of MSW, for the mitigation of environmental impacts, as for the Br...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Produção Online |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.producaoonline.org.br:article/2975 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/2975 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Municipal solid waste. WTE plants. Brazilian Northeast. Benefits Resíduos sólidos urbanos. Usinas WTE. Nordeste Brasileiro. Benefícios. |
| Sumario: | The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management and electricity supply are concerns present in Brazil. At this juncture, the waste to energy plants (WTE) emerge as an alternative investment that could bring benefits to both the management of MSW, for the mitigation of environmental impacts, as for the Brazilian electricity sector. This work has the objective of analyzing in a comparative way future scenarios in Northeast’s MSW management considering investments in WTE plants. For this purpose, the impacts on the occupation of space for MSW management, the emissions of methane and carbonic gases, and the generation of energy in the region were projected through a quantitative method of modeling over a period of 20 years. The results highlight the potential benefits of WTE plants through the considerable increase in power generation and notable reduction on greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and on the space occupancy. |
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