Preliminary energy sector assessments of Jamaica. Volume III: renewable energy. Part IV: energy conversion from waste

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6656236

The study considers the feasibility of energy conversion from wastes. Specifically, the study analyzes the potential for energy recovery from urban wastes in Jamaica, with the Kingston area serving as a case study, and assesses the feasibility of building a prototype demonstration unit for energy recovery from solid wastes at the University of the West Indies (UWI)-Mona Campus. Steam-generating waterwall combustion, refuse-derived fuel systems, pyrolysis, anaerobic biological conversion (biogas), and gas recovery from landfills are discussed as alternative systems for energy recovery from urban wastes.

• Research Organization: Energy Systems International, McLean, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6656236
• Report Number(s): PB-82-249566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
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FEASIBILITY STUDIES
JAMAICA
SANITARY LANDFILLS
WATERWALL INCINERATORS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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OXIDATION
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