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Energy management in municipal solid waste treatment: A case study of a mechanical biological treatment facility
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente | |
| datacite.subject.fos | Engenharia e Tecnologia::Outras Engenharias e Tecnologias | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 07:Energias Renováveis e Acessíveis | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bernardo, Hermano | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Filipe Tadeu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Quintal, Edgar | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-27T13:32:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-27T13:32:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description | ECEEE Industrial Summer Study on Energy Efficiency: Retool for a Competitive and Sustainable Industry, Arnhem, 2 June 2014 through 5 June 2014 - Code 135205 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Over the last few years, mechanical biological treatment systems for municipal solid waste have been introduced in many European countries. In most cases, this was driven by the European Union Landfill Directive, which requires the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste from landfill to alternative processes. Although this type of treatment allows energy recovery from municipal solid waste, the process of mechanical biological treatment appears to be an intensive energy consumer, due to high demand of electricity consumed by process equipment. This paper presents the main results of an energy audit performed to a Mechanical Biological Treatment facility in Portugal, which due to the amount of energy consumed must comply with the Portuguese Program called Intensive Energy Consumption Management System – SGCIE. The program was created in 2008 to promote energy efficiency and energy consumption monitoring in intensive energy facilities (energy consumption higher than 500 toe per year). Facilities operators are required to perform energy audits and take actions to draw up an action plan for energy efficiency, establishing targets for energy consumption reduction and greenhouse gases emissions indexes. To implement actions that improve energy efficiency, it is necessary for the facilities operation to be associated with an effective energy management methodology, as well as an efficient facilities management procedure. The implementation of any energy management system should start with an energy audit, which was carried out to identify potential energy conservation measures for improving energy efficiency, and also typical energy consumption patterns and sector/equipment load profiles. This tool gives managers the information to support decision making on improving energy performance and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Results shown that there is a considerable potential for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions on Mechanical Biological Treatment units. Here, as elsewhere in the industrial sector, energy efficiency can only be achieved through a continuous energy monitoring and management system. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors are thankful to Energy for Sustainability Initiative of the University of Coimbra for the support provided. The publication of this work was also supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under project grant PEst-OE/EEI/UI308/2014. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bernardo, H., Oliveira, F., & Quintal, E. (2014). Energy management in municipal solid waste treatment: a case study of a mechanical biological treatment facility. | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-919804824-7 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 20017979 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13441 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.eceee.org/library/conference_proceedings/eceee_Industrial_Summer_Study/2014/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.subject | energy audit | |
| dc.subject | energy-intensive industry | |
| dc.subject | energy assessment | |
| dc.subject | energy management | |
| dc.subject | energy efficiency measures | |
| dc.subject | municipal solid waste treatment | |
| dc.title | Energy management in municipal solid waste treatment: A case study of a mechanical biological treatment facility | eng |
| dc.type | conference paper | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferenceDate | 2009-06 | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Arnhem, Netherlands | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 560 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 555 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Eceee Industrial Summer Study Proceedings | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 2 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Oliveira | |
| person.givenName | Filipe Tadeu | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-0410-4291 | |
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