A computer programme for the analysis of conversion of organic waste to energy

Author

Namuli, R. ; Pillay, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents a tool for the analysis of organic waste, developed by Hydro Quebec Institute of Research. The programme computes waste characterisation parameters and mass flow rates for conditioning of input waste, secondary treatment, drying of sludge, conditioning of digestate, treatment of digestate, storage of liquid and solid effluent, disposal of liquid and solid effluents, and purification, utilization and storage of combustible gas. The specific secondary waste treatment component of the programme analysed in this paper is anaerobic digestion. The programme uses mass balance equations to compute the amount of CH₄, NH₃, CO₂ and H₂S produced from anaerobic digestion of organic waste.

Keywords

power engineering computing; waste-to-energy power plants; Hydro Quebec Institute of Research; computer programme; digestate conditioning; digestate treatment; input waste; liquid disposal; liquid effluent; mass flow rates; organic waste anaerobic digestion; organic waste to energy conversion; secondary treatment; secondary waste R. treatment component; sludge drying; solid effluents; Economics; Educational institutions; Effluents; Electricity; Nitrogen; Resistance heating; Solids; anaerobic digestion; energy; organic matter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039452

Filename

6039452