Comparative assessment of radiocarbon and balance method for determining biogenic and fossil CO2 emissions from waste-to-energy plants in Austria and China

作者：Johann Fellner, Jiarui Cai, Therese Schwarzböck, Siyi Hu, Jisheng Long, Li Bai, Zhaohui An, Gerhard Kahr, Hao Zhang, Xiaodong Li · 发表于：Waste Management · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115621 · 研究领域：Environmental Impact and Sustainability、Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics、CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

• Comparative assessment of Radiocarbon ( 14 C) and Balance Methods in Austrian and Chinese WtE plants. • Demonstrates high consistency between methods across different waste compositions and regions. • Balance Method enables continuous, energy-consistent monitoring and detection of implausible data. • Hybrid approach proposed for transparent and harmonized CO 2 reporting in Waste-to-Energy systems.