Title: Municipal solid waste: alternative source of energy to the cement kilns in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India

Authors: Munna Lal Patel; Janardan Singh Chauhan

Addresses: M.P. Pollution Control Board, E-5, Arera Colony, Paryavaran Parisar, Bhopal, M.P. – 462016, India ' Civil Engineering Department, Engineering College, Samrat Ashoka Technological Institutes, Vidisha, M.P. – 464001, India

Abstract: Rapid urbanisation has resulted in large-scale municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in India. Scientific and environment friendly disposal of MSW is a challenge for the municipal local bodies. A survey has been conducted regarding municipal solid waste generation from 342 local bodies in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Total generation of the MSW in the State is estimated around 4,500 MT/day containing around 55% incinerable waste with around 45% moisture content. There are nine major cement industries in the State, with clinker production capacity of more than 20 million MT/year. Coal is a primary fuel for clinker production and the process takes place at 1,400 to 1,450°C. The MSW is being practiced as alternative fuel and raw material (AFR) in the form of refuse derived fuel (RDF) by the cement industries. The stack emission and the engineering properties of the clinker are found unaffected after the use of refuse derive fuel (RDF) as a co-fuel. Hence, the MSW to RDF may be considered as environmentally safe option for its disposal and the better alternative source of energy, for the cement industries.

Keywords: sustainable development; municipal solid waste; MSW; environment friendly disposal; waste disposal; incinerable waste; refuse derived fuel; RDF; stack emissions; environmentally safe disposal; alternative energy; sustainability; cement kilns; India; clinker.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2014.060194

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2014 Vol.13 No.2, pp.142 - 152

Accepted: 03 Jun 2013
Published online: 24 May 2014 *

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