Applications Study and Research Needs Assessment for Natural Gas Use for Waste Management. Topical Report, January 1988-January 1989

摘要

The study was concerned with the potential for natural gas use in the area of waste management in the United States. Five major waste categories were considered as follows: (1) refuse materials (including municipal, industrial and medical), (2) hazardous wastes, (3) site remediation materials, (4) sewage sludge and (5) industrial non-hazardous waste (including volatile organic carbon, metal processing wastes, and others). The current and emerging regulations which dictate the treatment requirements for each of these waste streams was analyzed together with the current disposal technologies. From the comparison of available technologies with future regulations, technology needs and potential gas based technologies were defined. Potential gas loads and research and development needed to apply gas based technologies were identified.