The paper investigates the performance of an integrated system for the energy recovery from biomass and waste based on anaerobic digestion, gasification and water treatment. In the proposed system, the organic fraction of waste of the digestible biomass is fed into an anaerobic digester, while a part of the combustible fraction of the Municipal Solid Waste is gasified. Thus, the obtained bio-gas and syngas are used as a fuel for running a cogeneration system based on an internal combustion engine to produce electric and thermal power. The waste water produced by the integrated plant is recovered by means of both forward and inverse osmosis. The different processes as well as the main components of the system are modelled by means of a lumped and distributed parameter approach and the main outputs of the integrated plant such as the electric and thermal power and the amount of purified water are calculated. Finally, the implementation of the proposed system is evaluated for urban areas with different number of inhabitants and the relating performance is estimated in terms of the main outputs of the system.

An integrated approach to energy recovery from biomass and waste: Anaerobic digestion-gasification-water treatment / Milani, Massimo; Montorsi, Luca; Stefani, Matteo. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH. - ISSN 0734-242X. - 32:7(2014), pp. 614-625. [10.1177/0734242X14538307]

An integrated approach to energy recovery from biomass and waste: Anaerobic digestion-gasification-water treatment

MILANI, Massimo;MONTORSI, Luca;STEFANI, MATTEO
2014

Abstract

The paper investigates the performance of an integrated system for the energy recovery from biomass and waste based on anaerobic digestion, gasification and water treatment. In the proposed system, the organic fraction of waste of the digestible biomass is fed into an anaerobic digester, while a part of the combustible fraction of the Municipal Solid Waste is gasified. Thus, the obtained bio-gas and syngas are used as a fuel for running a cogeneration system based on an internal combustion engine to produce electric and thermal power. The waste water produced by the integrated plant is recovered by means of both forward and inverse osmosis. The different processes as well as the main components of the system are modelled by means of a lumped and distributed parameter approach and the main outputs of the integrated plant such as the electric and thermal power and the amount of purified water are calculated. Finally, the implementation of the proposed system is evaluated for urban areas with different number of inhabitants and the relating performance is estimated in terms of the main outputs of the system.
2014
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614
625
An integrated approach to energy recovery from biomass and waste: Anaerobic digestion-gasification-water treatment / Milani, Massimo; Montorsi, Luca; Stefani, Matteo. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH. - ISSN 0734-242X. - 32:7(2014), pp. 614-625. [10.1177/0734242X14538307]
Milani, Massimo; Montorsi, Luca; Stefani, Matteo
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