Quality Management Organisation, Validation of Standards, Developments and Inquiries for Solid-Recovered Fuels - An Overview on the QUOVADIS-Project

Waste-to-energy Solid Recovered Fuels (SRF) are prepared from non-hazardous waste. Their use is regulated under EU legislation and implies specifications for commercial or regulatory purposes. SRFs are seen as important contribution to a sustainable EU waste management. Directive 2001/77/EC includes in its scope the production of electricity from biomass, being defined as the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture, forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste. In this context the EC gave a mandate to CEN to develop and validate Technical Specification (TS) concerning SRF for energy recovery and to transform these TS into European Standards. To meet these requests, the consortium proposes a holistic validation programme covering quality management and the validation exercises for the pre-standards of CEN TC 343. This paper gives an overview about the project, the partnership behind and highlights some particular aspects in performing the necessary validation work.

GAWLIK Bernd;  SOBIECKA Elzbieta;  VACCARO Stefano;  CICERI Giovanni; 

2008-02-26

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

JRC37075

0301-4215,   

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30414/description#description,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC37075,   

10.1016/j.enpol.2007.07.024,