Design development of waste-to-energy system for Canadian communities

满足日益增长的人口的能源需求，同时确保对环境的影响最小，正成为世界范围内的一个优先目标。ATCO致力于应对向低排放能源过渡的复杂挑战，同时继续提供可靠性，弹性和可负担性的好处。 根据ATCO目前的商业利益，本合作项目旨在研究从住宅和商业废物中提取能源的潜力，为大型混合用途社区提供热能和电力。该项目的实施将实现以下主要目标：（i）加拿大废物评估和先进废物转化能源方法的技术审查，（ii）设计和开发适合加拿大混合能源使用社区的最佳废物转化能源技术（包括住宅及商业楼宇）提供电力及区域供暖服务（也称为热电联产，CHP），和（iii）合适的WtE-CHP技术的环境影响分析及其与传统能源发电技术的比较。 该项目的成功完成将通过将回收的废热用于空间/水加热来减少建筑运营的碳足迹。它将有助于降低煤炭和天然气等化石燃料的可靠性，为政府实现90%的电力来自非排放源的目标做出贡献。在大规模社区示范WtE的可行性，有可能减少使用传统燃料的建筑运营的温室气体净排放，同时减少垃圾填埋场（富含甲烷的气体）和废物运输的温室气体排放。此外，通过废物转化为能源（高达80%）来大幅减少废物量，可以帮助该国建立高效的废物管理系统。

Fulfilling energy needs of the increasing population while ensuring a minimum impact on the environment is becoming a priority worldwide goal. ATCO is committed to the complex challenge of transition to a lower-emitting energy while continuing to deliver the benefits of reliability, resiliency and affordability. In line with current business interests of ATCO, the present collaboration project aims at investigating the potential of extracting energy from residential and commercial wastes, to supply heat and electricity of a large scale mixed use community. The project will be carried out to meet the following key objectives: (i) Canadian waste assessment and technological review of advanced waste to energy (WtE) methods, (ii) design and development of best WtE technology suitable for a Canadian mixed energy use community (including both residential and commercial buildings) serving its electricity and district heating demands (also called combined heat and power generation, CHP), and (iii) environmental impact analysis of suitable WtE-CHP technology and its comparison with conventional energy generation technologies. The successful accomplishment of this project will result in reduced carbon footprint of building operations by using recovered waste heat for space/water heating. It will assist in reducing the reliability on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, contributing towards the government's goal of achieving 90% electricity from non-emitting sources. Demonstration of feasibility of WtE on large scale community has the potential to reduce net GHG emissions from building operations using conventional fuel, while simultaneously reducing GHG emissions from landfills (methane rich gases) and waste transportation.. Additionally, the significant volume reduction of waste through waste to energy conversion (upto 80%) can help the country to establish a high performing waste management system.