A Comprehensive Assessment of Typical Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Technologies in China

The Chinese municipal solid waste treatment method is changing from sanitary landfill to waste incineration.Based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP),a comprehensive assessment of the four typical incineration technologies applied in municipal solid waste treatment in China was conducted according to their reliability,economics and applicability.The study shows that domestically-supplied fluidized bed incineration technology would be applicable for waste incineration in most big cities in China,while the layered incineration technology is proper for large and more modernized cities with better waste magement systems and large-scale or centralized municipal solid waste treatment.Rotary kiln incineration and incineration pyrolysis technology could be used in small cities or industrial park areas whose solid waste has more complex composition with heterogeneous size,but dioxin emission control should be enhanced if such technologies are applied.