Governments across the globe have adopted different programs to deal with increasing amounts of municipal solid waste (MSW) including recycling, waste prevention programs, and waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies, such as gasification. Deciding on a specific WTE technology involves an understanding of a complex blend of factors including location, haul distance, regulations, capital costs, feedstock availability, tipping fees, taxes, electricity price, and incentives which do not necessarily denote a linear behaviour. Therefore, the business feasibility of gasification technologies is still unclear. This paper includes the development of a model that combines the aforementioned factors in the context of a potential gasification plant in the USA. The model successfully concluded that location is the most sensitive factor for most of the cases. Authors include a geographical analysis which may be used, in combination with the model, to decide on regional energy options and new business opportunities.

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美国废气气化技术的可行性

全球政府采用了不同的计划来处理越来越多的城市固体废物（MSW），包括回收利用，废物预防计划以及气化等废物转化为能源（WTE）技术。选择特定的WTE技术需要理解各种复杂的因素，包括位置，运输距离，法规，资本成本，原料可用性，倾卸费，税金，电价和激励措施，这些不一定代表线性行为。因此，气化技术的商业可行性尚不清楚。本文包括一个模型的开发，该模型在美国潜在的气化厂的背景下结合了上述因素。该模型成功得出结论，在大多数情况下，位置是最敏感的因素。