Analytical determination of the low heating value of municipal solid waste in the city of Havana as way to measure its energetic potential

• Ing. Arael Alfonso Cardero

• Póster digital
• English

• empiric equations
• low heating value
• municipal solid waste

A crucial parameter for prefeasibility studies of waste-to-energy technologies is the low heating value (LHV) of the municipal solid waste (MSW). There are different empiric equations based on the gravimetric as well as the elemental composition of the MSW for this purpose. The objective of this work was to estimate the LHV of the MSW in the city of Havana in order to evaluate its energetic potential. From the gravimetric composition reported in the literature the proximate and ultimate analyses...