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Sustainable utilization of energy from waste: A review of potentials and challenges of Waste-to-energy in South Africa

Oluwatobi Adelekea Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephen A. Akinlabib Department of Mechanical Engineering, Walter Sisulu University, Butterworth Campus, Butterworth, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-5810View further author information
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Tien-Chien Jena Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1743-4668View further author information
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Israel Dunmadec Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology Mount Royal University, Calgary, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1461-6714View further author information
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Pages 1550-1564 | Received 30 Jul 2020, Accepted 05 Apr 2021, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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Xiaoting Chen, Mingzhang Pan & Xiaoya Li. (2022) Novel supercritical CO2/organic Rankine cycle systems for solid-waste incineration energy harvesting: Thermo-environmental analysis. International Journal of Green Energy 19:7, pages 786-807.
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Moshood Akanni Alao, Olawale Mohammed Popoola & Temitope Raphael Ayodele. (2022) Projecting the energetic potential and economic viability of renewable power generation from municipal solid waste: Indication from South African Provinces. Energy for Sustainable Development 71, pages 352-367.
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Oluwatobi Adeleke & Tien-Chien Jen. (2022) A FCM-clustered neuro-fuzzy model for estimating the methane fraction of biogas in an industrial-scale bio-digester. Energy Reports 8, pages 576-584.
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Vhuthu Ndou & Isaac Tebogo Rampedi. (2022) Bibliometric Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management Research: Global and South African Trends. Sustainability 14:16, pages 10229.
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Setlamorago Jackson Mbazima, Masilu Daniel Masekameni & Daniel Mmereki. (2022) Waste-to-energy in a developing country: The state of landfill gas to energy in the Republic of South Africa. Energy Exploration & Exploitation 40:4, pages 1287-1312.
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Oluwafemi Oni, Andrew Swanson, Rudiren Pillay Carpanen & Anuoluwapo Aluko. (2022) Implementation of a Multiterminal Line Commutated Converter HVDC Scheme with Auxiliary Controller on South Africa’s 765 kV Corridor. Energies 15:12, pages 4356.
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Oluwatobi Adeleke, Stephen Akinlabi, Tien-Chien Jen, Paul A. Adedeji & Israel Dunmade. (2022) Evolutionary-based neuro-fuzzy modelling of combustion enthalpy of municipal solid waste. Neural Computing and Applications 34:10, pages 7419-7436.
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Joan Nyika & Megersa Dinka. (2022) Converting solid waste materials to Energy: A review. Materials Today: Proceedings 57, pages 964-968.
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