Multiple-criteria decision analysis to substantiate the prospects of industrial and solid municipal wastes as slurry fuel components.

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the recovery of typical wastes (coal slime, sawdust, cardboard and tire pyrolysis residue) as part of high-moisture slurry fuels. Using a laboratory furnace, the ignition and combustion characteristics of fuels as well as NO_x and SO_x emissions were determined. Using multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and experimental results, we access the performance of four different slurry fuels in comparison with bituminous coal. The novelty of the study is based on the following features: we consider a unique set of parameters of the fuels (economic, environmental, safety and energy indicators), as well as three countries for their potential use (the USA, India and Russia); three different methods for calculating the efficienc

SUBMITTER: Romanov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature