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ES.1 Strategies Based on the Five Major Options
ES.2 Energy Analysis for Strategies Based on the Five Major Options
ES.3 Net Electrical Energy
ES.4 Volume Landfilled
ES.5 Field Erected Mass Burn Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
ES.6 RDF Spreader Stoker-Fired Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
ES.7 Landfill Capital and O&M Costs
ES.8 Materials Recycling Facilities (MRF): Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
ES.9 Composting of MSW: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
1.1 Commonly Used Technology Options for Municipal Solid Waste Management
2.1 Energy Analysis for Strategies Based on the Five Major Options
2.2 Net Electrical Energy
3.1 Volume Landfilled
3.2 Weight Landfilled
4.1 Strategies Based on the Five Major Options
5.1 Block Diagram for a Typical Mass Burn Facility
5.2 Field Erected Mass Burn-Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
5.3 Field Erected Mass Burn-Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs
5.4 Field Erected Mass Burn-Steam/Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
5.5 Field Erected Mass Burn-Steam/Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs
5.6 Modular Mass Burn-SteamlElectricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
5.7 Modular Mass Burn-Steam/Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs
5.8 RDF Processing System Design (Hartford, Connecticut)
5.9 RDF Spreader Stoker-Fired Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
5.10 RDF Spreader Stoker-Fired Electricity Production Plants: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs
6.1 Landfill Design
6.2 Cross-Section of Composite Liner and Leachate Collection System
6.3 Range of 1991 U.S. Landfill Tipping Fees by State
6.4 Landfill Capital and O&M Costs
7.1 High-Tech MRF Process Plan (Johnston, Rhode Island)
7.2 Floor Plan for Proposed Mixed Waste MRF (Gaston County, North Carolina)
7.3 Energy Flows in MSW Management
7.4 Comparison of Recycling and Virgin Manufacture Energy Flows for Paper
7.5 Comparison of Recycling and Virgin Manufacture Energy Flows for High-Density Polyethylene
7.6 Materials Recycling Facilities: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment (Low Technology)
7.7 Materials Recycling Facilities: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment (High Technology)
7.8 Materials Recycling Facilities: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs avow Technology)
7.9 Materials Recycling Facilities: Effect of Plant Capacity on O&M Costs (High Technology)
7.10 Average 1991 Prices Paid to Processors for Various Recyclables
8.1 Process Flowsheet for MSW Composting
8.2 Composting of MSW: Effect of Plant Capacity on Capital Investment
8.3 Composting of MSW: Effect of Plant Capacity on OHM Costs
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ES.1 Air Emissions for Common Strategies
ES.2 Effluent for Common Strategies
1.1 More Commonly Used Strategies Presented in the Data Base
2.1 Qualitative Descriptions of Energy Balances for Major MSW Technologies
2.2 Energy Effects of Common MSW Strategies
3.1 Qualitative Descriptions of Emissions from Major MSW Technologies
3.2 Air Emissions for Common Strategies
3.3 Effluent for Common Strategies
4.1 Common Technologies in the Data Base
4.2 Common Strategies in the Data Base
5.1 Summary of the Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors
5.2 Air Emissions from Mass Burn Facilities
5.3 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 2: Mass Burn
5.4 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 1: Landfill with Gas Recovery
5.5 Air Emissions from RDF Facilities
5.6 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 4: RDF for Direct Firing
5.7 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 1: Landfill with Gas Recovery
6.1 Size Distribution of MSW Landfills
6.2 Amounts of Material Leaching from and MSW Landfill
6.3 Some Constituents of Combined MSW Ash
6.4 Leachate from an Ash Monofill
6.5 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 1: Landfill with Gas Recovery
7.1 Energy Requirements for Operating an MRF
7.2 Comparison of Transportation Energy Requirements for Virgin Materials and Secondary Materials Shipped
for Recycling
7.3 Revenue from Products of MRFs
7.4 Benefits from Using Recycled Materials in Place of Virgin Materials
7.5 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 6: Curbside Collection with MRF and Landfill
7.6 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 1: Landfill with Gas Recovery
8.1 Capital Costs for a Leaf/Grass Composting Facility Processing at Least 13 Tons Per Day
8.2 Operating Costs for Composting Programs
8.3 Composting Cost Components
8.4 Trace Elements in Soils and MSW Compost
8.5 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 5: Yard Waste Composting plus MSW to Landfill
8.6 Energy and Emissions for Strategy 1: Landfill with Gas Recovery
9.1 Energy Balance for Anaerobic Digestion of MSW
9.2 Distribution of Costs by Process Unit for the RefCoM Plant
9.3 Less Common Strategies Presented in the Data Base
9.4 Energy Effects of Less Commonly Used MSW Strategies
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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