A model to minimize joint total costs for industrial waste producers and waste management companies.

The model LINKopt is a mixed-integer, linear programming model for mid- and long-term planning of waste management options on an inter-company level. There has been a large increase in the transportation of waste material in Germany, which has been attributed to the implementation of the European Directive 75/442/EEC on waste. Similar situations are expected to emerge in other European countries. The model LINKopt has been developed to determine a waste management system with minimal decision-relevant costs considering transportation, handling, storage and treatment of waste materials. The model can serve as a tool to evaluate various waste management strategies and to obtain the optimal combination of investment options. In addition to costs, ecological aspects are considered by determining the total mileage associated with the waste management system. The model has been applied to a German case study evaluating different investment options for a co-operation between Daimler-Chrysler AG at Rastatt, its suppliers, and the waste management company SITA P+R GmbH. The results show that the installation of waste management facilities at the premises of the waste producer would lead to significant reductions in costs and transportation.     

治污投资方向选择的灰靶决策法

依据灰色决策的基本原理，结合治污投资方向选择的决策实际，采用灰靶决策法对治污投资方向进行优化决策，结果表明，灰靶决策法原理直观、计算简便、精确度高，是治污投资方向选择优化决策的一种有效方法。     

Carbon--making the right choice for waste management in developing countries

Due to initiatives such as the clean development mechanism (CDM), reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a developing country can offer an important route to attracting investment in a variety of qualifying project areas, including waste management. To date CDM projects have been largely confined to schemes that control emission from landfill, but projects that avoid landfilling are beginning to be submitted. In considering the waste options which might be suitable for developing countries certain ones, such as energy from waste, have been discounted for a range of reasons related primarily to the lack of technical and other support services required for these more sophisticated process trains. The paper focuses on six options: the base case of open dumping; three options for landfill (passive venting, gas capture with flaring, and gas capture with energy production), composting and anaerobic digestion with electricity production and composting of the digestate. A range of assumptions were necessary for making the comparisons based on the effective carbon emissions, and these assumptions will change from project to project. The highest impact in terms of carbon emissions was from using a sanitary landfill without either gas flaring or electricity production; this was worse than the baseline case using open dumpsites. Landfills with either flaring or energy production from the collected gas both produced similar positive carbon emissions, but these were substantially lower than both open dumping and sanitary landfill without flaring or energy production. Composting or anaerobic digestion with energy production and composting of the digestate were the two best options with composting being neutral in terms of carbon emissions and anaerobic digestion being carbon negative. These generic conclusions were tested for sensitivity by modifying the input waste composition and were found to be robust, suggesting that subject to local study to confirm assumptions made, the opportunity for developing CDM projects to attract investment to improved waste management infrastructure is significant. Kyoto credits in excess of 1 tCO2e/t of waste could be realised.     

The financial and economic feasibility of rural household biodigesters for poor communities in South Africa

Given the persistence of systemic poverty in, most notably, the rural parts of South Africa, the question is whether the use of biodigesters as a source of energy offers potential solutions to some of the difficulties and development needs faced by people in these areas. At the core, this translates into whether this technology would be financially and economically feasible for installation and use by rural households. Here we conduct both a financial and an economic cost-benefit analysis in one such community based on survey data from 120 households. Analysis of these data and supporting literature reveals that a biodigester is not a financially feasible investment for a rural household. Substantial economic benefits are, however, found to make a biodigester a worthwhile investment from a broader societal perspective. This is a compelling argument for further study and the consideration of government support in the light of broader economy-wide benefits.     

资源型城市“城市矿产”开发的市场化路径探讨

面对资源枯竭与经济转型的叠加影响,资源型城市受自身积累能力的限制,其结构调整比其他城市面临更多的土地集约利用、项目招商引资、企业创新经营的机遇和挑战。因此,资源型城市不能完全依赖政策扶持来摆脱困境,而是要迎合国际化循环经济发展趋势,走市场化、产业化、现代化的路径,大力培育和发展接续替代产业。     

Global Environment Facility’s support for sustainable waste management

From the global perspective, the issue of waste management is becoming increasingly important. Given the increasing amount and diversifying content of waste, countries should seek out sustainable waste management options, which protect both local and global environments. The Global Environment Facility (GEF), a public financial institution, has supported sustainable waste management in developing countries in achieving global environmental benefits. The GEF’s support for sustainable waste management, from its pilot phase to the end of the fifth replenishment period, has amounted to 118 projects across the globe. Harmful chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and “waste to energy” initiatives have been the main focuses of the GEF’s support. The GEF’s investment in sustainable waste management has increased in recent years, partly due to the fact that countries are required to manage Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) wastes in an environmentally safe manner in compliance with the Stockholm Convention on POPs. The GEF is poised to enhance its support for sustainable waste management in the future by mobilizing other financing, integrating multiple focal areas, expanding viewpoints to sustainable cities, and reinforcing its results-based management.     

二氧化硫废气的治理方法

综述了二氧化硫废气的各种治理方法。指出选择脱硫方法需要具体情况具体分析,应选择脱硫效率高、投资省、 运转费低、长期运转稳定可靠、 不产生二次污染的方法。     

治理技术邻苯二甲酸二辛酯废水的处理

采用压滤-刮油-中和吸附-压滤-吸附工艺处理邻苯二甲酸二辛酯废水,对处理工艺的运行条件进行了探讨.出水COD和石油类的去除率分别达到97.7%和99.8%.该法设备简单、投资少、操作方便,对排放量较小的邻苯二甲酸二辛酯废水的处理是行之有效的方法.     

烟气脱硫吸收塔增容改造技术方案探讨

目前国内投运的部分石灰石—石膏湿法脱硫装置中,由于燃煤硫分变化而面临着吸收塔增容改造的局面。以实际案例探讨国内燃煤电厂脱硫装置吸收塔增容改造的常用技术方案,并比较分析其优缺点。吸收塔增容改造项目应本着因地制宜的原则,结合原塔性能分析、实际设计参数、现场场地、工程投资等因素,进行多方案技术经济比较,寻求适合该改造项目的最优方案。     

石油焦化冷焦废水封闭分离与利用技术

提出了一种多级降温冷凝-梯级污染物分离-组分机械纯化的集成石油焦化冷焦废水封闭分离与利用技术。将其应用于1Mt／a冷焦废水处理系统，运行结果表明，废水循环再生率、污油循环使用率、石油焦粉回收使用率、挥发性有机物回收利用率均达100％。与国内外同类技术相比，该技术具有冷焦废水处理效果好、投资小、经济和社会效益显著等优点，具有很好的推广应用前景。     

A multiobjective modeling approach to locate multi-compartment containers for urban-sorted waste

The location of multi-compartment sorted waste containers for recycling purposes in cities is an important problem in the context of urban waste management. The costs associated with those facilities and the impacts placed on populations are important concerns. This paper introduces a mixed-integer, multiobjective programming approach to identify the locations and capacities of such facilities. The approach incorporates an optimization model in a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based interactive decision support system that includes four objectives. The first objective minimizes the total investment cost; the second one minimizes the average distance from dwellings to the respective multi-compartment container; the last two objectives address the “pull” and “push” characteristics of the decision problem, one by minimizing the number of individuals too close to any container, and the other by minimizing the number of dwellings too far from the respective multi-compartment container. The model determines the number of facilities to be opened, the respective container capacities, their locations, their respective shares of the total waste of each type to be collected, and the dwellings assigned to each facility. The approach proposed was tested with a case study for the historical center of Coimbra city, Portugal, where a large urban renovation project, addressing about 800 buildings, is being undertaken. This paper demonstrates that the models and techniques incorporated in the interactive decision support system (IDSS) can be used to assist a decision maker (DM) in analyzing this complex problem in a realistically sized urban application. Ten solutions consisting of different combinations of underground containers for the disposal of four types of sorted waste in 12 candidate sites, were generated. These solutions and tradeoffs among the objectives are presented to the DM via tables, graphs, color-coded maps and other graphics. The DM can then use this information to “guide” the IDSS in identifying additional solutions of potential interest. Nevertheless, this research showed that a particular solution with a better objective balance can be identified. The actual sequence of additional solutions generated will depend upon the objectives and preferences of the DM in a specific application.     

硫酸厂SO2减排技术综述

介绍了硫酸厂优化转化工艺指标法、低温催化剂技术、尾气脱硫技术等SO2减排技术的应用进展，并探讨了各种技术的适用性。建议各硫酸厂综合考虑场地空间、投资和运行成本、脱硫副产物出路、脱硫剂来源等因素采用适用、先进的减排技术。     

Evaluating the Triple Bottom Line Using Sustainable Return on Investment

A sustainable return on investment (sROI) analysis is a quantitative approach that captures the economic, environmental, and social impacts of an investment strategy in monetary terms—today and into the future. By providing a broader accounting of the benefits and costs, sROI provides a framework for optimal decision making. sROI is a nonproprietary methodology based on economic principles and includes an uncertainty analysis to demonstrate the likelihood of realizing costs and benefits. This approach provides a more comprehensive picture of projects and supports the selection of investment strategies that are defensible and transparent. sROI can provide the framework and metrics for the evaluation and selection of remediation projects. A demonstration study of a DuPont remediation project illustrates the process and outcome of an sROI analysis. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The Use of Hydrogen Release Compound for the Accelerated Bioremediation of Anaerobically Degradable Contaminants: The Advent of Time-Release Electron Donors

Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC®) is a simple, passive, low-cost, and long-term option for the anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHs) via reductive dehalogenation. Applications to the remediation of other compounds, such as MTBE and perchlorate, that are anaerobically degradable by other reductive mechanisms, are in progress. HRC should be viewed as a tool for the acceleration of natural attenuation at sites that would otherwise require high levels of capital investment and operating expense. HRC is a proprietary, food-quality, polylactate ester that, upon being deposited into the subsurface, slowly degrades to lactic acid. Lactic acid is then metabolized to hydrogen, which in turn drives the reductive dechlorination of CHs. This has been demonstrated effectively in the laboratory and in the field. HRC can be manufactured as a moderately flowable, injectable material, or as a thicker, implantable hard gel, to facilitate localized treatment and passive barrier designs. HRC is best utilized for the remediation of dissolved phase plumes and the associated hydrophobically sorbed contaminant. The use of HRC is not appropriate for use on free-phase DNAPL unless the total mass to be remediated is within the scope of economic feasibility in comparison to alternative treatments. Evidence suggests there is competition between reductive dehalogenators and methanogens in which the methanogens compete for the use of hydrogen in the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane. Some researchers believe that a low concentration of hydrogen favors the reductive dehalogenators and starves out the methanogens. The objective, therefore, is to keep hydrogen concentrations low. The time-release feature of HRC, which is based on the hydrolysis rate of lactic acid from the ester and the subsequent lag time to hydrogen conversion, facilitates this objective. HRC, therefore, becomes a passive form of accelerated natural attenuation, in contrast to the more capital-and management-intensive alternatives now available. Laboratory and field results are presented, the latter expanding on the first uses of HRC by various members of the engineering and consulting firm community. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Combined Municipal Solid Waste and biomass system optimization for district energy applications

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal has been a controversial issue in many countries over the past years, due to disagreement among the various stakeholders on the waste management policies and technologies to be adopted. One of the ways of treating/disposing MSW is energy recovery, as waste is considered to contain a considerable amount of bio-waste and therefore can lead to renewable energy production. The overall efficiency can be very high in the cases of co-generation or tri-generation. In this paper a model is presented, aiming to support decision makers in issues relating to Municipal Solid Waste energy recovery. The idea of using more fuel sources, including MSW and agricultural residue biomass that may exist in a rural area, is explored. The model aims at optimizing the system specifications, such as the capacity of the base-load Waste-to-Energy facility, the capacity of the peak-load biomass boiler and the location of the facility. Furthermore, it defines the quantity of each potential fuel source that should be used annually, in order to maximize the financial yield of the investment. The results of an energy tri-generation case study application at a rural area of Greece, using mixed MSW and biomass, indicate positive financial yield of investment. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is performed on the effect of the most important parameters of the model on the optimum solution, pinpointing the parameters of interest rate, investment cost and heating oil price, as those requiring the attention of the decision makers. Finally, the sensitivity analysis is enhanced by a stochastic analysis to determine the effect of the volatility of parameters on the robustness of the model and the solution obtained.     

火电厂锅炉烟气电除尘与袋式除尘技术经济比较

阐述了电除尘器与袋式除尘器的技术差异,重点从净化效率、运行阻力、能耗、设备投资与占地等方面进行了技术经济对比.综合分析结果表明:火电厂锅炉烟气净化采用袋式除尘器的综合效益比电除尘器显著.     

民间资本促进循环经济发展路径研究

现阶段我国循环经济发展主要依靠政府推动。与此同时,我国民间资本已发展为具有相对集中等特点的庞大资金流,并积极寻找投资路径。循环经济发展需遵从"资金—技术—利润"公式,引导民间资本与循环经济相结合,可以使企业得到发展,民间资本得到利润,由于互惠,使其存在可行性。     

我国垃圾焚烧发电CDM项目开发难点与实践分析

基于我国目前垃圾焚烧发电CDM项目的开发现状，从不同的角度比较和分析了该类项目的特点，总结了其项目公示阶段出现的问题并对方法学修正内容进行了说明。同时，以实际项目为例，着重探讨了额外性论证中的投资比较分析、普及性分析等难点问题，最终得出结论并提出建议。     

200MW火电机组烟气脱硫控制系统

简要叙述了石灰石—石膏湿法脱硫工艺，论述和分析FGD主要设备仪表的选型，探讨了控制系统的结构以及系统主要功能的实现，解决了液位控制易失灵、pH值难控制等问题，提高了系统的稳定性，保证了脱硫效率，降低了综合投资成本。     

A computer simulation model for fleet sizing for the marine division of the New York City department of sanitation

The Marine Division of the New York City Department of Sanitation (DOS) operates a fleet of tugboats and barges for the transport of refuse from New York City to Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island. In the early 1980s, DOS was faced with a situation whereby many of its barges were aged and decrepit, yet workload was scheduled to increase as another major landfill was shut down. With major barge investment decisions on the horizon, DOS commissioned the development of the Barge Operations Systems Simulator (BOSS), for assistance in the task of fleet sizing. This paper reports on the development and use of the BOSS model.