Assessment of the Environmental, Technical and Economic Issues Associated with Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste in Malaysia

Bashir, M.J.K. and Ng, C.A. and Sethupathi, S. and Lim, J.W. (2019) Assessment of the Environmental, Technical and Economic Issues Associated with Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste in Malaysia. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Malaysia is a fast emerging economy country and its outlook on sustainable energy production are at the center of debate. Although waste to energy (WtE) technologies are well established but the disconformity of the municipal solid waste (MSW) composition, the complexity of the treatment facilities, and the pollutant emissions still express considerable issues for these technologies. Hence, this study focuses on WtE technologies in Malaysia by considering the energy potentials of the landfill sites and incineration plants as the most common effective MSW in Malaysia. The major environmental, technical and economic issues associated with WtE technologies were evaluated. An annual growth rate of 3.3 has been projected for MSW production in Malaysia. The most common used WtE technologies were incineration and controlled landfill to capture Landfill Gas (LFG). Malaysia MSW contains 60 biodegradable fraction, making landfills a potential source of LFG. Although, the potential of energy recovery from waste in Malaysia is high but the current production is less than 20 MW of electricity per day. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information: cited By 17; Conference of International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2018, SEGT 2018 ; Conference Date: 11 December 2018 Through 14 December 2018; Conference Code:149231
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biogas; Energy conservation; Environmental technology; Land fill; Renewable energy resources; Sustainable development; Waste incineration; Waste treatment, Annual growth rate; Biodegradable fraction; Controlled landfills; Emerging economies; Incineration plant; Municipal solid waste (MSW); Sustainable energy; Waste to energy technologies, Municipal solid waste
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2023 03:25
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2023 03:25
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/11472

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