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Determination of reliable CO2 emission factors for waste-to-energy plants

At Vienna University of Technology, the so-called balance method (BM) was developed to determine fossil and biogenic CO2 emissions from waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. Meanwhile, the BM has been routinely applied to several WTE plants for some years, providing a large set of data. The average site-specific emission factors for fossil CO2 were found to be in the range of 260— 780 kg CO2 t—1 waste, and 30—67 kg CO2 GJ—1 energy of the waste incinerated. These values are significantly different from the values that are found in the literature. Our results show that there is no such typical emission factor for WTE which could be applied to national CO2 measurements or accurate emission trading. This study reveals that instead of generic emission factors the BM can be used as a standard for WTE plants, since its application requires either no or only a few additional installations.

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