plants and as fuel substitutes in cement kilns and coalfired
power plants [1, 3-5]. The direct combustion of “asreceived”
MSW (mass burn) is widely used throughout
the developed world, and it is less costly to implement
than the combination of an RDF generating facility (e.g.,
like the MBTC facility at Ano Liossia) followed by an
RDF-dedicated power plant. However, the RDF option
offers advantages in cases where the RDF can be cocombusted
with lignite in existing industrial plants
equipped with Air Pollution Control systems that can
meet the EU standards for volatile metals, dioxins, and
particulate matter. Another possibility is the implementation
of distributed small RDF/SRF plants that reduce the
weight of MSW processed, and produce a higher calorific
value fuel that can then be transported easier to a regional
WTE facility. The advantage of such a configuration
would be that a few WTE facilities, strategically located
across Greece, might be less costly to implement than
many small WTE plants [7, 10, 11, 13-18].