Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Conversion Processes Economic, Technical, and Renewable Comparisons

This text covers the technical and economical issues relating to municipal waste disposal such as pyrolysis and combustion technology, plasma arc gasification, and plasma economics. It covers renewable resource topics to help turn our garbage to energy and reduce waste. The coverage also provides a plant operations case study on the Eco-Valley plant in Utashinai, Japan. This is a comprehensive review of competing and emerging waste-to-energy technologies, addressing both the technical processes and their economics.

Gary C. Young has over forty years of experience in processes involving the energy, food, agricultural, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, with companies such as Conoco, Stauffer Chemical Company, Beatrice Foods Company, Monsanto Company, and Carus Chemical Company. He has done consulting in areas of research and development, troubleshooting plant operations and process bottlenecks, maintenance, engineering, and environmental challenges. Dr. Young is the founder and owner of Bio-Thermal-Energy, Inc. (B-T-E, Inc.).