Assessment of Potential of Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste of Allahabad City

Municipal solid waste management is a great environmental, economical, social and urban problem throughout the world. Municipal solid waste management involves the systematic and regular collection, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of the municipal solid waste. Processing involves the sorting of different types of components from the municipal waste like paper, plastic, metal, glass, fabric, biodegradable, inert and other types of components for the purpose of reuse and recycling. Processing also involves methods for energy recovery and thermal treatment like incineration and Pyrolysis. Paper, plastic, metal, glass, inert materials can easily be reused and recycled but the biodegradable waste generally treated further for production of biogas through anaerobic process while for the production of manure through aerobic process. Remaining waste which cannot be treated further goes for the landfilling. For a better municipal solid waste management the processing is favoured method than landfilling. All the waste components which cannot be reused or recycled can be used for the energy recovery. All the components have energy producing capacity after ignition due to their chemical structure. This research paper reveals the potential of energy production from the municipal solid waste of city of Allahabad. The study reveals that the energy content of the municipal solid waste of Allahabad city was 2713.66, 2799.39 and 3294.52 Mwh per day in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively.