NDLI: Converting food waste to usable energy in the urban environment through anaerobic digestion

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Author	Curry, N. Pillay, P.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: P. D. Ziogas Power Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada (Curry, N.; Pillay, P.)
Abstract	Urban sustainability is a subject of recent focus in North America, and Canada specifically. As our urban areas continue to grow and consume large quantities of energy and produce massive amounts of waste, we are faced with the challenge of how to manage this situation in a way which is both responsible and sustainable. One feasible urban waste-to-energy technology is anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been a usable energy source for over 100 years and is currently being employed in several countries around the world in rural settings to generate electricity and heat, but it has yet to make a large migration to the urban environment even though it is a viable and mature process. Applied to the organic waste produced in urban environments, anaerobic digestion could provide a critical solution to growing garbage problems while simultaneously reducing external energy requirements. As landfills across Canada and the rest of the world are filled to their limits, a carbon-neutral process which can locally generate electricity and heat while providing up to 50% volatile solid reduction is something to be seriously considered. As fuel prices continue to inflate, the cost of transporting waste outside of cities to landfills will continue to rise. Large portions of this waste could be retained, digested, reduced, and converted into useable energy in the urban environment providing valuable energy. This paper investigates the feasibility of urban anaerobic digestion and provides a case study from the downtown campus of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	4
File Size	881017
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424445080
DOI	10.1109/EPEC.2009.5420983
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-10-22
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Biodegradable materials urban feasibility combined heat and power (CHP) Cogeneration Renewable energy resources biogas Fuels Anaerobic digestion food waste Waste management renewable energy Microorganisms digestate Heat engines Solids Waste heat Power generation substrate
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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