Comparison of the Energy Recovery Potential Using Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste of Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

Adjoumani Rodrigue Kouakou; Ehouman Ahissan Donatien; Kouadio Marc Cyril

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Comparison of the Energy Recovery Potential Using Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste of Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

Adjoumani Rodrigue Kouakou, Ehouman Ahissan Donatien, Kouadio Marc Cyril

Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 10, Issue 1)

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The development of societies and industrial progress cannot be achieved without the use of electricity. The growing demand for energy and the degradation of the environment by current sources force us to look for other methods to produce it. The production of renewable energy from landfill waste reduces the environmental problems caused by the combustion of coal, oil and natural gas. Therefore, in this work, life cycle assement is used to compare the different energy recovery options of four solid waste management systems with each other and to assess the corresponding carbon credit. The four management systems are: landfilling (scenario S₀), landfilling with energy recovery (scenario S₁), incineration combined with anaerobic digestion with energy recovery in both cases (scenario S₂) and incineration with energy recovery (scenario S₃). The assessment showed that scenario S₂ is the best waste management option for energy production with an energy potential of 890.9 GWh/year, which corresponds to 11% of the Côte d’Ivoire's net electricity production in 2015. In addition, this scenario has led to a better reduction in methane emissions with a carbon credit of USD 12168200 for the total amount of waste managed in one year. However, scenario S₁ is the wrong option in terms of energy production with an energy potential of 232.2 GWh/year corresponding to 3% of the Ivory Coast's net electricity production in 2015. Regarding the potential reductions in CO2equivalent emissions, those of scenario S1 are the lowest with a carbon credit of US$ 12,025,343. From the point of view of the production of clean and green energy, the voice to be followed for an optimal MSW management technique in Abidjan is the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction, the incineration of the fuel fraction, followed by the landfilling of the residues.

Published in	International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepe.20211001.13
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Biogas, Renewable Energy, Life Cycle Assement, Solid Waste

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Adjoumani Rodrigue Kouakou

Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physico-Chimie du Milieu, UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d’Ivoire
Ehouman Ahissan Donatien

Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physico-Chimie du Milieu, UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d’Ivoire
Kouadio Marc Cyril

Institut de Recherche sur les Energies Nouvelles, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, C?te d’Ivoire

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