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Fast depletion of fossil fuels in the world will cause the energy crisis in near future. Due to stringent environmental norms the whole world is focusing on energy from renewable energy sources. Energy from different types of waste in not only renewable but also bring down the cost of disposing the waste from different resources. In this study, five samples of each different types of waste like uneaten food, municipal waste, hospital waste, and cow dung have been focused to recover the energy from these resources. The various samples were tested in laboratory where calorific value and proximate analysis tests were conducted. The study highlighted that cow dung has the highest percentage in terms of mass with approximately 93 and 90% in terms of power that can be recovered. The total energy that can be produced from these wastes amounts to 18.45 MW/day.
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Singh, J., Singh, H. (2020). Sustainable Energy Potential from Different Types of Waste Products. In: Kalamdhad, A. (eds) Recent Developments in Waste Management . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 57. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0990-2_16
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