Assessing energy utilization efficiency in municipal solid waste management systems through infrastructure integration:

A case study of integration between municipal solid waste incineration and wastewater treatment facilities

Abstract

This paper examined the energy utilization efficiency of integration between municipal solid waste and wastewater treatment facilities. The R1ex factor was imported to define the energy utilization efficiency of the infrastructure. The result showed that the R1ex factor of the municipal solid waste management system was 0.35. In addition, this report also assumed and calculated the factors of the daily waste disposal quantities of 50 tons and 300 tons, respectively. By comparing the results, larger-scale facilities generally exhibit significantly higher energy utilization efficiency.