Table 5.
The primary chemical and composition analysis of MSW in Taiwan
| Chemical analysis (wet basis) |
Composition analysis |
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| Year | Moisture (%) | Ash (%) | C (%) | H (%) | O (%) | N (%) | S (%) | Organic chlorine (%) | Other (%) | C/N | Higher heating value (Kcal/kg) | Lower heating value (Kcal/kg) | Combustibles (%) | Incombustibles (%) |
| 1998 | 51.06 | 12.60 | 18.47 | 2.65 | 14.23 | 0.74 | 0.06 | 0.18 | NA | 39.24 | 2,192.79 | 1,738.88 | 86.58 | 13.42 |
| 1999 | 50.76 | 10.08 | 18.87 | 2.85 | 15.95 | 1.19 | 0.09 | 0.21 | NA | 33.79 | 2,123.03 | 1,651.31 | 90.17 | 9.83 |
| 2000 | 45.02 | 14.07 | 21.12 | 4.01 | 14.81 | 0.59 | 0.14 | 0.23 | NA | 38.14 | 2,369.61 | 1,889.00 | 87.34 | 12.66 |
| 2001 | 55.80 | 11.34 | 18.24 | 2.62 | 9.11 | 2.56 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 40.83 | 1,968.50 | 1,541.03 | 89.38 | 10.62 |
| 2002 | 51.24 | 11.01 | 20.45 | 3.04 | 13.04 | 0.57 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 44.50 | 2,183.59 | 1,712.19 | 90.43 | 9.57 |
| 2003 | 55.69 | 7.51 | 18.71 | 2.84 | 13.92 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.48 | 46.59 | 2,105.77 | 1,618.34 | 92.98 | 7.02 |
| 2004 | 51.19 | 7.93 | 20.60 | 3.03 | 14.67 | 0.57 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 1.69 | 47.03 | 2,254.75 | 1,785.14 | 93.57 | 6.43 |
| 2005 | 54.18 | 7.82 | 17.84 | 2.78 | 16.23 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.08 | NA | NA | 2,132.39 | 1,686.11 | 95.92 | 4.08 |
Source: Collected from TEPA [49].
NA: Non-available.