Energy recovery from waste incineration: assessing the importance of district heating networks.
Energy recovery from waste incineration: assessing the importance of district heating networks.
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废物焚烧能源回收:评估区域供热网络的重要性。
DOI:
10.1016/j.wasman.2010.03.026
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
8.1
通讯作者:
T. Astrup
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作者:
Thilde Fruergaard;T. H. Christensen;T. Astrup
Municipal solid waste incineration contributes with 20% of the heat supplied to the more than 400 district heating networks in Denmark. In evaluation of the environmental consequences of this heat production, the typical approach has been to assume that other (fossil) fuels could be saved on a 1:1 basis (e.g. 1GJ of waste heat delivered substitutes for 1GJ of coal-based heat). This paper investigates consequences of waste-based heat substitution in two specific Danish district heating networks and the energy-associated interactions between the plants connected to these networks. Despite almost equal electricity and heat efficiencies at the waste incinerators connected to the two district heating networks, the energy and CO2accounts showed significantly different results: waste incineration in one network caused a CO2saving of 48kg CO2/GJ energy input while in the other network a load of 43kg CO2/GJ. This was caused mainly by differences in operation mode and fuel types of the other heat producing plants attached to the networks. The paper clearly indicates that simple evaluations of waste-to-energy efficiencies at the incinerator are insufficient for assessing the consequences of heat substitution in district heating network systems. The paper also shows that using national averages for heat substitution will not provide a correct answer: local conditions need to be addressed thoroughly otherwise we may fail to assess correctly the heat recovery from waste incineration.