Sustainable Waste-to-Energy
Life Cycle Assessment and Economical Metrics
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei, Bahareh Hamidinasab
- Language: English
Sustainable Waste-to-Energy: Life Cycle Assessment and Economical Metrics is a comprehensive guide that provides an in-depth understanding of the various Waste-to-Ener… Read more
The book opens with a comprehensive overview of Waste-to-Energy technologies, their conversion methods, and future prospects. It then examines the integration of waste management and energy recovery in the circular economy, using case studies and SWOT analyses. The book further explores the life-cycle evaluation of energy production from waste conversion processes and the role of Life-Cycle Assessment in urban waste management. Case studies on Waste-to-Energy projects offer global perspectives on sustainability and decarbonization.
This is an invaluable resource for academic and industry researchers, engineers, scientists, sustainability managers, policy advisors, and project leaders who are involved in the development, implementation, and refinement of Waste-to-Energy initiatives.
- Offers detailed protocols for conducting Life-Cycle Assessments specific to Waste-to-Energy projects, providing a comprehensive framework
- Discusses the financial aspects of Waste-to-Energy projects, presenting a thorough analysis including cost–benefit considerations, financial forecasting, and calculations of potential returns
- Provides practical insights from the implementation of real-world Waste-to-Energy projects, covering a broad array of contexts and scales
2. Energy Recovery from Waste (ERW): Present-Day Techniques and Their Future Prospects
3. Energy from Waste (EfW): A Promising Renewable Electricity Resource for Emerging Economies in the Future
4. Creating Inventory Information for Advanced Life Cycle Design via Process Simulation of Energy Recovery from Recycled Plastics
5. Life Cycle Evaluation of Energy Production from Waste Conversion Processes
6. Evaluation of Life Cycles Applied to Energy Generation Technologies from Waste
7. Utilization of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for Decision Making in Urban Waste Management
8. Environmental Impact Evaluation of Thermal Energy-from-Waste Processes and the Development of an Energy-Environment-Economy Model
9. Technologies for Converting Waste to Energy in Pursuit of Sustainability: Economic Evaluation and Life Cycle Analysis
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei
Ashkan Nabavi-Pelesaraei received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Mechanization Engineering from the University of Guilan, University of Tabriz, and University of Tehran, respectively, in 2012, 2014, and 2018. Ashkan worked as an Assistant Professor of Biosystems Engineering at Razi University in Kermanshah, Iran, and is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In 2022, Dr. Nabavi-Pelesaraei was honored as "The Best Research Faculty Member of Razi University", and in 2023, his name was included in the "World’s Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers" report by the ESI database (Clarivate) and in 2024, he was recognized as the "Seventh Most Cited Researcher in Life Cycle Assessment (Last 5 Years)" by ScholarGPS. He has published over 100 articles in journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 15.9), Sustainable Production and Consumption (IF:12.1), Applied Energy (IF: 11.2), and Journal of Cleaner Production (IF: 11.1), among others. Ashkan serves on the Editorial Board of Data in Brief (Elsevier) and Sustainability (MDPI) and has reviewed manuscripts for over 100 peer-reviewed journals in Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and other publishers. His main research interests include life cycle assessment, waste management, life cycle cost, sustainability, and bioenergy.
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