Study of the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste for the production of valuable products

Velghe, Inge; Carleer, Robert; Yperman, Jan; Schreurs, Sonja

doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2011.07.011

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“…Maximum gas yields occurred with 6508C, and obtained as 14.36 wt % of MSW, 24.00 wt % of CAS, and 27.62 wt % of COS, respectively. This result was in agreement with previous studies [13,14], though the different samples and pyrolysis reactor systems were applied [15,16]. The reduction of char yields with increasing temperature could be attributed to the greater primary decomposition of the organic ingredients of MSW with agricultural stalk at higher temperature and/or secondary thermal decomposition of the char formed before being entrained out of the reaction zone.…”

Section: Yields Of Pyrolysis Of Individual Msw and Agricultural Stalksupporting

confidence: 91%

Copyrolysis energy analysis of municipal solid waste and agricultural stalk

Jia

Liu

et al. 2015

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Co-pyrolysis of municipal solid waste with cassava stalk or corn stalk was investigated in this work. Profiles of the product yields versus different agricultural stalk adding ratios during pyrolysis at 6008C reveal that the char yields reduced, and the liquid and gas yields increased at start-up stage but afterwards decreased with adding ratios of agricultural stalk increasing. The differences between experimental and theoretical yields of char ranged from 18.26 to 10.35% as cassava stalk ratios from 10 to 50%, and from 8.13 to 11.09% as corn stalk ratios from 10 to 50%. The statistical analysis of theoretical and experimental data implied the synergistic effect between municipal solid waste and agricultural stalk during co-pyrolysis process. The energy balance showed that pyrolysis of municipal solid waste alone could not produce enough pyrolysis liquid to compensate the energy consumption of pyrolysis system, and the co-pyrolysis system could dispose of municipal solid waste without extra energy input. The calculated results also showed that the feed stock comprised of 49.21% of cassava stalk or 40.12% of corn stalk could guarantee the energy balance of the co-pyrolysis system.

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Section: Yields Of Pyrolysis Of Individual Msw and Agricultural Stalksupporting

confidence: 91%

Copyrolysis energy analysis of municipal solid waste and agricultural stalk

Jia

Liu

et al. 2015

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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“…Literature shows that pyrolysis of biomass and MSW is usually carried out at temperatures between 400 °C and 600 °C [4][5][6][7][8]. The yields of the three product phases (gas, liquid and solid) can be largely controlled by the heating rates applied within this temperature range.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the gas fractions tend to increase with increased pyrolysis temperatures. Velghe et al [4] studied the slow and fast pyrolysis of MSW at temperatures up to 550 °C and reported maximum solids yield at slow pyrolysis to 550 °C while maximum oil yield was reported for fast pyrolysis to 510 °C. Results showed that higher temperatures favoured gas yields.…”

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Products from the high temperature pyrolysis of RDF at slow and rapid heating rates

Efika

Onwudili

Williams

2015

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

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The high-temperature pyrolysis behaviour of a sample of refuse derived fuel (RDF) as a model of municipal solid waste (MSW) was investigated in a horizontal tubular reactor between 700 -900 °C , at varying heating rates, and at an extended vapour residence time.Experiments were designed to evaluate the influence of process conditions on gas yields as well as gas and oil compositions. Pyrolysis of RDF at 800 °C and at rapid heating rate resulted in the gas yield with the highest CV of 24.8 MJ m -3 while pyrolysis to 900 °C at the rapid heating rate generated the highest gas yield but with a lower CV of 21.3 MJ m -3 . A comparison of the effect of heating rates on oil products revealed that the oil from slow pyrolysis, contained higher yields of more oxygenates, alkanes (C8 to C39) and alkenes (C8 to C20), while the oil from rapid pyrolysis contained more aromatics, possibly due to the promotion of Diels-Alder-type reactions. IntroductionThere is a continuously growing need for new and sustainable sources of energy in the world as our populations grow and countries become more developed. There is also an increased demand for renewable sources of energy, resulting in increased interests in the processing of municipal solid waste (MSW) as an energy resource both by biochemical and thermochemical means. Among the thermochemical technologies for MSW conversion, pyrolysis is arguably, the most versatile in relation to the flexibility of obtaining primary products. The application of pyrolysis technology to MSW is quite promising as the energy content of the MSW can be extracted in the form of primary pyrolysis products including gas,

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“…The most common way to manage solid wastes is by disposing them on landfill sites. Pyrolysis, one of the possible routes for treatment of solid wastes from the tanning industry has been widely applied to organic wastes, such as municipal solid wastes [1], agricultural wastes [2], scrap tyres [3], biosludges [4], plastic wastes [3], coal or biomass [5], etc. The pyrolysis process involves heating the carbonaceous material in an inert atmosphere.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%