Characteristics of mechanically sorted municipal wastes and their suitability for production of refuse derived fuel

Dace Arina; Ausma Orupe

doi:10.2478/v10145-012-0003-0

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Characteristics of mechanically sorted municipal wastes and their suitability for production of refuse derived fuel

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 8 (2012): Issue -1 (June 2012)

By: Dace Arina and Ausma Orupe

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

The article presents the results of experimental work in the first waste mechanical Pre-treatment Centre in Latvia Daibe. The goal - to detect the main parameters for sorted waste parts and to compare them with parameters stated for refuse derived fuel (RDF) in a cement plant in Latvia (Cemex). Samples were taken in four fractions - coarse, medium, fine, metal. The parameters - upper, lower heating values, moisture, ash content, S, Cl, metals were determined. Results - coarse fraction has greater potential of the production of the RDF, but reduction of its content of Cl would be necessary.

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