THE EVALUATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES AS ENERGY SOURCE

Fatih TAŞPINAR¹ , Ali OZTURK ² , Salih TOSUN³

The waste combustion is a burning method in which wastes are burned under controlled conditions to produce energy under optimal conditions with a reduction in waste volume of 100-1000 times. Although this method is preferred due to the high energy gain, it is criticized in some societies due to the formation of some toxic combustion products and gases and high initial investment cost. The thermal processing or pyrolysis method is a method that brings out innovative technologies and designs around the world because of environmental factors as well as economic improvements. Municipal solid wastes can be disposed by the pyrolysis method which gained popularity in recent years, by producing economical value of the obtained thermal processing liquid and syngas and also the electricity can be produced during the process. In this study, the methods aforementioned in terms of energy production from municipal solid wastes were examined and an evaluation was made for Turkey.

Keywords
Municipal Solid Waste, Energy Recovery, Landfilling, Incineration, Pyrolysis,