Problems and prospects of creating an environmentally friendly waste-to-energy plant

The article consider the main stages in the selection of an environmentally safe structure of thermal and energy solid municipal waste utilization as part of the feasibility study. The article analyses the assessed influence of the fuel component on the structure of a waste-to-energy plant (WTE plant). Recommendations on how to select the optimal energy structure of WTE plant have been developed, an approach to the analysis of the ash and slag management scheme has been investigated. The approach to the choice of the structure of the WTE plant gas purification system is selected. The article reveals significant differences in the approach to determining the structure of the energy TPP and WTE plant and provides recommendations on the ways to reduce capital costs while maximizing the extraction of secondary resources. The methodology of the study consists in the analysis of foreign experience in the operation of thermal power plants on MSW with various structural schemes, presented in the literature, reports on the operation of energy complexes, passports for installations. The purpose of creating the methodology is to determine the projected environmental and energy indicators of the projected WTE plant and, taking into account external and internal factors of the project, identify possible risks of the project at the stage of feasibility study.