Urban Development Policy Making

Urban Development Policy Making

Assessment and Feasibility of Waste-to-Energy Conversion in Developing Country Metropolises (Case Study: Iran)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Helia Sadat Hosseini Shekarabi 1
Shahla Razaghi 2
Mahmood Abdoos 3
1 Head of the Biomass Power Plant Development Office, Renewable Energy and Electricity Efficiency Organization (SATBA), Ministry of Energy, Tehran, Iran
2 Renewable Energy and Electricity Efficiency Organization (SATBA), Ministry of Energy, Tehran, Iran
3 School of Energy Engineering and Sustainable Resources, College of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/judpm.2025.512670.1021
Abstract
rbanization and rapid population growth in cities have led to the production of significant amounts of municipal waste and have created numerous environmental problems. Meanwhile, by using modern technologies, including waste to energy, in addition to solving environmental problems, it is possible to produce energy and save on fossil fuel consumption. Biomass resources, including municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, livestock waste, and municipal and industrial wastewater, which are considered as renewable energy sources, have high potential for electricity generation; So as each ton of municipal solid waste per day, with a calorific value of 6,000 kj/kg while using incineration technology, has the potential to produce 466 kWh electricity per day. Likewise, it is expected to generate 280 kWh electricity from anaerobic digestion of one ton of organic waste per day. Producing this amount of electricity, in addition to saving on fossil fuels, also reduces greenhouse emissions such as methane and CO2. Therefore, it seems necessary to use this potential to produce energy and solve environmental problems caused by landfilling.
Keywords
Renewable energy
waste-to-energy
electricity generation
biomass resources
municipal solid waste
incinerator
anaerobic digester
Subjects
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Urban Development Policy Making
Volume 2, Issue 1
Spring 2025
Pages 49-71

  • Receive Date 02 December 2024
  • Revise Date 14 January 2025
  • Accept Date 17 February 2025
  • Publish Date 04 April 2025