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Economic growth nowadays, along with national energy security situations and global environmental problems, demands an increase in the usage of renewable energy. Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a renewable energy resource that is considered as an environmentally friendly fuel by producing fewer CO2 emissions. All over the world, there are problems regarding inefficient MSW collection and improper MSW management. Nowadays, landfilling is commonly used as an MSW management method because of the ease of operations and at low cost. However, the increase in the population has led to high amounts of MSW and available land for MSW landfilling is disappearing. Additionally, uncontrolled landfilling creates many negative impacts on health and the environment, and it causes fire in many old landfill sites. This study focuses on the comparative study of the energetic properties of MSW from dumpsites for green and clean recovery. Reclaimed landfill from dumpsites of different ages is compared for its energy potential properties as well as in terms of location and depth of dumping. The upgrading of clean and green fuel from reclaimed landfill in order to improve its fuel properties is discussed.
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The authors would like to express their gratitude to National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) for financial support of this project and also the Waste Incineration Research Center (WIRC), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science and Technology Research Center (STRI) of King Mongkut’s University of Technology, North Bangkok, for the facilities support.
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Kerdsuwan, S., Laohalidanond, K. (2020). Green and Clean Upgraded Fuel from Old Landfill Dumpsites for Sustainable Development. In: Gupta, A., De, A., Aggarwal, S., Kushari, A., Runchal, A. (eds) Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Environment. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9012-8_5
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