Circular Economy Analysis. Ranking of Energy Resources from Waste

2020 IEEE 61st International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON 2020): Conference Proceedings 2020
Rudīte Vesere, Silvija Nora Kalniņš, Dace Lauka, Dagnija Blumberga

The aim of the circular economy is to maximize the value of a product during its use, using secondary raw materials to create new products. This research focus on the possibilities of using waste as an energy resource-both the aspects of waste recovery, from the point of view of reducing the amount of landfilled waste, and the extraction and further efficient use of landfill gas. In this case the TOPSIS analysis method was used, five alternatives were selected-waste as an energy resource, which was evaluated based on four criteria: Technological, economic, social, as well as environmental and climate aspects. The results of ranking energy recovery methods from waste using the TOPSIS method clearly show that the most optimal of the selected alternatives is the use of biodegradable (organic) waste for biogas production. This opens up opportunities for biofuels to be applied in road transport.

Keywords
Biogas | Landfill waste | TOPSIS | Waste recovery
DOI
10.1109/RTUCON51174.2020.9316553
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9316553

Vesere, R., Kalniņš, S., Lauka, D., Blumberga, D. Circular Economy Analysis. Ranking of Energy Resources from Waste. In: 2020 IEEE 61st International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON 2020): Conference Proceedings, Latvia, Rīga, 5-7 November, 2020. Piscataway: IEEE, 2020, pp.513-518. ISBN 978-1-7281-9511-7. e-ISBN 978-1-7281-9510-0. Available from: doi:10.1109/RTUCON51174.2020.9316553

Publication language
English (en)