Open AccessFeasibility study of municipal solid waste for producing refuse-derived fuel (RDF): A case study of Bangkok, Thailand
Author(s) -
Numfon Eaktasang,
Yanasinee Suma,
S Kingkeaw
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/291/1/012010
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , refuse derived fuel , waste management , heat of combustion , environmental science , renewable energy , energy recovery , solid fuel , engineering , combustion , chemistry , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , energy (signal processing)
The objective of this study was investigated the potential of municipal solid waste (MSW) to produce refuse-derived fuel from Bangkok municipality. The composition, heating value and proximately content were analyzed. The amount of MSW in Bangkok generated was approximately 4.86 million tons or 13,327 tons/day in 2017. About 79.5% was disposed by landfill and 20.5% was recycled. The compositions of MSW were biodegradable (49.58%), combustible (36.32%) and non-combustible (14.10%) wastes. Moisture content was 59.5±8.6% (as received), volatile matter, fixed carbon and ash were 72.4±3.2%, 8.2±0.5% and 19.4±0.5% (as dry basis), respectively. Heating value was 20.03±0.52 MJ/kg. These results indicated that MSW from Bangkok municipality is potential to produce the refuse-derived fuel. To reduce the environmental impacts as well as energy recovery, the MSW might be alternative sources of renewable energy in the future.