Special Issue "Waste to Energy

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A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2012)

Special Issue Editors

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Frank J. Roethel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5000, USA
E-Mail: frank.roethel@stonybrook.edu
Phone: +1 631 632 8732
Interests: chemistry and environmental behavior of combustion by-products, beneficial utilization of combustion
by-products, waste-to-energy combustor ash characteristics, marine applications associated with combustion byproducts

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Stephen Joseph
School of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
E-Mail: s.joseph@unsw.edu.au

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,
Todays diverse solid waste management plans, implemented internationally, include, reducing,
recycling, reusing as much waste as practicable but what remains is either landfilled or
combusted at waste-to-energy facilities. Electricity and/or steam are produced in modern wasteto-energy facilities while metals are recovered and recycled. In many regions of the world, the
bottom ash, which represents 85% of the combustion residuals, is processed creating an
engineered aggregate and used in diverse applications. The remaining fly ash is typically treated

and disposed. This special issue will focus, in part, on advances in facility design,
implementation of state of the art air pollution control strategies, metal recovery and recycling,
ash management and beneficial utilization and the differences in regulations and permitting
implemented by various nations. Submissions addressing the environmental implications
associated with incorporating waste-to-energy as a solid waste management strategy are
encouraged. A primary goal of this special issue is to compile a global perspective on waste-toenergy technology and the associated issues surrounding this waste management strategy.
Prof. Dr. Frank J. Roethel
Prof. Dr. Stephen Joseph
Guest Editors

Keywords

Waste-to-energy (WTE)

Air pollution control technology

Metal recovery

Ash management

WTE Regulations and policy

WTE Environmental perspectives

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Article: Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control of Waste Heat Recovery
Systems with Organic Rankine Cycles
by Jianhua Zhang, Jiancun Feng, Yeli Zhou, Fang Fang and Hong Yue
p. 5111Energies 2012, 5(12), 5111-5125; doi:10.3390/en5125111
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Received: 23 August 2012; in revised form: 3 November 2012 / Accepted: 21
November 2012 / Published: 4 December 2012
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Article: Combustion Characteristics of Chlorine-Free Solid Fuel Produced from
Municipal Solid Waste by Hydrothermal Processing
by Bayu Indrawan, Pandji Prawisudha and Kunio Yoshikawa
Energies 2012, 5(11), 4446-4461; doi:10.3390/en5114446
Received: 3 September 2012; in revised form: 24 October 2012 / Accepted: 24
October 2012 / Published: 8 November 2012
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Review: A Review on Waste to Energy Processes Using Microwave Pyrolysis
by Su Shiung Lam and Howard A. Chase
Energies 2012, 5(10), 4209-4232; doi:10.3390/en5104209
Received: 29 June 2012; in revised form: 6 September 2012 / Accepted: 12
October 2012 / Published: 23 October 2012
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Review: Ash Management ReviewApplications of Biomass Bottom Ash
by Adrian K. James, Ronald W. Thring, Steve Helle and Harpuneet S. Ghuman
Energies 2012, 5(10), 3856-3873; doi:10.3390/en5103856
Received: 18 July 2012; in revised form: 13 September 2012 / Accepted: 20
September 2012 / Published: 9 October 2012
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Article: Collection of Thermal Energy Available from a Biogas Plant for
Leachate Treatment in an Urban Landfill: A Sicilian Case Study
by Antonio Messineo, Gabriele Freni and Roberto Volpe
Energies 2012, 5(10), 3753-3767; doi:10.3390/en5103753
Received: 31 July 2012; in revised form: 20 September 2012 / Accepted: 21
September 2012 / Published: 26 September 2012
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Article: Kinetic Study of the Pyrolysis of Waste Printed Circuit Boards Subject
to Conventional and Microwave Heating
by Jing Sun, Wenlong Wang, Zhen Liu, Qingluan Ma, Chao Zhao and Chunyuan
Ma
Energies 2012, 5(9), 3295-3306; doi:10.3390/en5093295
Received: 2 July 2012; in revised form: 8 August 2012 / Accepted: 24 August
2012 / Published: 31 August 2012
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Article: Performance Analysis and Working Fluid Selection of a Supercritical

Organic Rankine Cycle for Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery
by Hong Gao, Chao Liu, Chao He, Xiaoxiao Xu, Shuangying Wu and Yourong
Li
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Energies 2012, 5(9), 3233-3247; doi:10.3390/en5093233
Received: 10 July 2012; in revised form: 15 August 2012 / Accepted: 23 August
2012 / Published: 30 August 2012
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Article: An Analysis of the Use of Biosludge as an Energy Source and Its
Environmental Benefits in Taiwan
by Wen-Tien Tsai
p. 3064Energies 2012, 5(8), 3064-3073; doi:10.3390/en5083064
3073
Received: 2 July 2012; in revised form: 25 July 2012 / Accepted: 2 August 2012
/ Published: 14 August 2012
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Article: Reciprocating Expander for an Exhaust Heat Recovery Rankine Cycle
for a Passenger Car Application
by Yulia Glavatskaya, Pierre Podevin, Vincent Lemort, Osoko Shonda and
p. 1751- Georges Descombes
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Energies 2012, 5(6), 1751-1765; doi:10.3390/en5061751
Received: 10 April 2012; in revised form: 25 May 2012 / Accepted: 28 May
2012 / Published: 5 June 2012
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