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WTE: Thermal Waste Treatment for Sustainable Waste Management

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Glossary

Atmophilic:

Characterizing an element that concentrates in the atmosphere

Dibenzofuran:

Dioxin with one of the two oxygen atoms replaced by a carbon-carbon bond

Dioxin:

Short for dibenzo-dioxin, often substituted with various chlorine atoms such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

MSW:

Municipal solid waste, representing mixed waste that is collected by a given collection system. Since in addition other collection systems for recycling might be present too (paper, glass, metals, etc.), MSW from different regions with different collection systems might vary even if consumption patterns are identical.

PVC:

Polyvinylchloride

SEA:

Statistical entropy analysis (see Rechberger in this volume)

Transfer coefficient kXi:

Coefficient describing the partitioning of an element X among “i” products of incineration

Definition of the Subject and Its Importance

Thermal treatment of waste is not an isolated process: It is part of waste management, energy supply, resource management,...

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  1. Institute for Water Quality, Resource and Waste Management, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Paul H. Brunner

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  1. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Nickolas J. Themelis

  2. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas

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Brunner, P.H. (2019). WTE: Thermal Waste Treatment for Sustainable Waste Management. In: Themelis, N., Bourtsalas, A. (eds) Recovery of Materials and Energy from Urban Wastes. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7850-2_408

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