Gershman, Brickner

Small-Scale Municipal Solid Waste Energy Recovery Systems

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is designed to give local government elected officials and their staff the background information they need on the state of the art in small scale municipal waste-to-energy project development. It will, of course, be of interest to many others in the field. The small-scale segment of the municipal waste energy recovery industry has grown and changed in many ways in recent years. With increasingly stringent environmental regulations pushing up the costs of landfilling, as well as today's higher prices for oil and natural gas, the economics of small-scale systems are attractive to smaller communities or counties which might at one time only have considered joining a multijurisdictional large-scale project. The difficulties involved in devel oping a project that envelops numerous governmental entities are discouraging, and a small, local project may be more readily achievable. Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. hopes this book will be of assistance to those who are considering such a project, providing guidance and encouragement, as well as practical information on technologies, eco nomics, energy markets, financing, environmental issues, and the pitfalls of project development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4615-9743-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781461597438
• ISBN-10: 1461597439
• Artikelnr.: 40770361

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Market Development of Energy Recovery.- Historical Overview.- Factors Shaping the Market.- 3. Solid Waste Characteristics.- Quantity.- Composition.- Energy Content.- 4. Markets.- Potential Markets.- Refuse-Derived Fuel and Materials Recovery.- Market Development.- Conclusion.- 5. Small-Scale Technology.- Mass Burning.- Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF).- 6. Small-Scale System Economics.- The Base Case-Conventional Waste Management Systems.- Transportation Network.- Waste-to-Energy Project Costs.- Capital Costs.- Operations and Maintenance Costs.- Waste-to-Energy Project Economics.- Revenues.- Life Cycle Costs.- Economics of Cogeneration Systems.- 7. Financing Alternatives for Small-Scale Solid Waste-to-Energy Projects.- Types of Tax-Exempt Financing Available to Waste-to-Energy Facilities.- Creative Financing Techniques.- Federal Tax Benefits of Private Ownership.- Typical Steps Necessary to Bring a Bond Issue to Market.- Critical Project Elements Evaluated by the Investment Banking Community to Determine the Financeability of a Waste-to-Energy Project.- 8. Environmental Issues.- Sources of Air Pollutants.- Types of Air Pollutants.- Federal Air Pollution Control Laws and Regulations.- Sources and Control of Wastewater Discharge.- Federal Laws and Regulations.- State Environmental Standards.- Summary.- 9. Project Development.- Past Examples.- Stages of a Project.- Project Building Blocks.- Institutional Setting.- Roles That Can Be Taken.- Procurement Alternatives and Risks.- Procurement Documentation.- Negotiations.- Public Involvement.- 10. Three Small-Scale Waste-to-Energy System Case Studies.- Auburn, Maine.- Madison, Wisconsin.- Pittsfield, Massachusetts.