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Index Refuse-derived fuel

Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 49 relations: Acerra, Air knife, Alternative fuel, Besix, Biodrying, Biomass, Bollnäs, Campania, Carbon emission trading, Carbon-14, Cement kiln, District heating, Emirate of Ajman, Fossil fuel, Glass, Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, Greenhouse gas, Heat of combustion, Heavy metals, Industrial waste, Isle of Wight gasification facility, Kyoto Protocol, Landfill, Letsrecycle.com, Magnet, Manchester, Mechanical biological treatment, Mechanical heat treatment, Mechanical screening, Metal, Municipal solid waste, Naples waste management crisis, Net zero emissions, Open burning of waste, Paper, Pellet fuel, Plasma gasification, Plastic, Polyvinyl chloride, Private finance initiative, Pyrolysis, Radiocarbon dating, Reducing agent, Renewables Obligation (United Kingdom), Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Waste Incineration Directive, Waste-to-energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

  2. Incineration
  3. Mechanical biological treatment

Acerra

Acerra is a town and comune of Campania, southern Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, about northeast of the capital in Naples.

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Air knife

An air knife is a tool used to blow off liquid or debris from products as they travel on conveyors.

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Alternative fuel

Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are fuels derived from sources other than petroleum.

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Besix

BESIX Group is a Belgian construction group based in Brussels, one of the world's leading international contractors according to the ENR ranking.

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Biodrying

Biodrying is the process by which biodegradable waste is rapidly heated through initial stages of composting to remove moisture from a waste stream and hence reduce its overall weight. Refuse-derived fuel and Biodrying are waste treatment technology.

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Biomass

Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms.

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Bollnäs

Bollnäs is a Swedish locality and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, in Gävleborg County, Sweden.

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Campania

Campania is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri.

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Carbon emission trading

Carbon emission trading (also called carbon market, emission trading scheme (ETS) or cap and trade) is a type of emissions trading scheme designed for carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

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Carbon-14

Carbon-14, C-14, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.

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Cement kiln

Cement kilns are used for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacture of portland and other types of hydraulic cement, in which calcium carbonate reacts with silica-bearing minerals to form a mixture of calcium silicates.

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District heating

District heating (also known as heat networks) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location through a system of insulated pipes for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating.

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Emirate of Ajman

The Emirate of Ajman (إمارة عجمان) (Gulf Arabic: إمارة عيمان emāratʿymān) is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates.

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Fossil fuel

A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants and planktons), a process that occurs within geological formations.

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Glass

Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.

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The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) was England's largest waste disposal authority, responsible for the management and disposal of municipal waste from Greater Manchester.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

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Heat of combustion

The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it.

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Industrial waste

Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a manufacturing process such as that of factories, mills, and mining operations.

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Isle of Wight gasification facility

The Isle of Wight gasification facility is a municipal waste treatment plant in Newport, Isle of Wight.

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Kyoto Protocol

The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.

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Landfill

A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Refuse-derived fuel and landfill are waste treatment technology.

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Letsrecycle.com

letsrecycle.com is a UK-based website reporting news and information related to the waste management and recycling industries.

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Magnet

A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Mechanical biological treatment

A mechanical biological treatment (MBT) system is a type of waste processing facility that combines a sorting facility with a form of biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion. Refuse-derived fuel and mechanical biological treatment are waste treatment technology.

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Mechanical heat treatment

Mechanical heat treatment (MHT) is an alternative waste treatment technology. Refuse-derived fuel and Mechanical heat treatment are waste treatment technology.

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Mechanical screening

Mechanical screening, often just called screening, is the practice of taking granulated or crushed ore material and separating it into multiple grades by particle size.

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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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Municipal solid waste

Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public.

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Naples waste management crisis

The "Naples waste management crisis" is a series of events surrounding the lack of waste collection and illegal toxic waste dumping in and around the Province of Naples (now known as the Metropolitan City of Naples), Campania, Italy, beginning in the 1980s.

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Net zero emissions

Global net zero emissions describes the state where emissions of greenhouse gases due to human activities, and removals of these gases, are in balance over a given period.

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Open burning of waste

The open burning of waste is a disposal method of waste or garbage.

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Paper

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.

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Pellet fuel

Pellet fuels (or pellets) are a type of solid fuel made from compressed organic material.

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Plasma gasification

Plasma gasification is an extreme thermal process using plasma which converts organic matter into a syngas (synthesis gas) which is primarily made up of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

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Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.

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Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).

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Private finance initiative

The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects.

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Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere. Refuse-derived fuel and Pyrolysis are waste treatment technology.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Reducing agent

In chemistry, a reducing agent (also known as a reductant, reducer, or electron donor) is a chemical species that "donates" an electron to an (called the,,, or). Examples of substances that are common reducing agents include hydrogen, the alkali metals, formic acid, oxalic acid, and sulfite compounds.

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Renewables Obligation (United Kingdom)

The Renewables Obligation (RO) was designed to encourage generation of electricity from eligible renewable sources in the United Kingdom.

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Umm Al Quwain

Umm Al Quwain (UAQ; Arabic: أمالقيوين, pronounced: /ʔumː alqejˈwejn/, Gulf arabic: ʔʊm͜ː 'æl ge̞ˈwe̞n) is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates.

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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.

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Waste Incineration Directive

The Waste Incineration Directive, more formally Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (OJ L332, P91 – 111), was a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to standards and methodologies required by Europe for the practice and technology of incineration. Refuse-derived fuel and waste Incineration Directive are incineration.

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Waste-to-energy

Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. Refuse-derived fuel and waste-to-energy are waste treatment technology.

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led organization of over 225 international companies.

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See also

Incineration

Mechanical biological treatment

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuse-derived_fuel

Also known as Biomass-derived fuel, RDF-Powerstation, Refuse Derived Fuel, Solid recovered fuel.