Pyrolysis of Solid Waste by Thermogravimetric Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 658 ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Xue Gang Luo

Thermogravimetric (TG) analysis was used to study and compare the pyrolysis of the solid residues of pulping black liquor, turmeric industry wastewater, and rice stalk. The results showed that the higher heating value of the solid residues of turmeric industry wastewater and pulping black liquor, rice stalk were 15165.54, 10226.36, 16849.73 kJ/kg respectively. The decompose process of solid residues of turmeric industry wastewater and rice stalk were all concentrated in the 200 °C to 400 °C, while the solid residues of the pulping black liquor was from 200 °C to 600 °C. The DTGmax of solid residues of turmeric industry water was 14.95%•min-1 at 353.1 °C when heating rate at 50 °C min-1, and that of rice stalk was 41.85 %•min-1 at 338.4 °C, the solid residues of pulping black liquor pyrolysis peak was 30.35 %•min-1 at 870.3 °C. The study offered pyrolysis characteristics statistics about solid residues of pulping black liquor and turmeric industry wastewater, rice stalk to obtained valuable information about these solid wastes for fuel that can be potentially generated by pyrolysis.

2014 ◽  
Vol 960-961 ◽  
pp. 442-446
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Shu Zhong Wang ◽  
Zhi Qiang Wu ◽  
Hai Yu Meng ◽  
Jun Zhao

Wood-based materials from Municipal Solid Waste have the potential of covering a significant part of the future demand on gasification capacities. However, their pyrolysis kinetics and gasification behavior has not yet been fully investigated. This paper describes the pyrolysis characteristics of typing paper and Chinese parasol from municipal solid waste applying the non-isothermal thermogravimetric analysis, the apparent activation energy and the pre-exponential factor were obtained by kinetics analysis at the heating rate of 10/20/40 oC•min-1.


2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 2009-2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Yu Meng ◽  
Shu Zhong Wang ◽  
Lin Chen ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Zhi Qiang Wu

The pyrolysis characteristics of pine powder and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), respectively representing the biomass and plastics components of municipal solid waste, were studied in a thermogravimetric analyzer, and the influence of heating rate on pyrolysis characteristics was also investigated. The pyrolysis temperature was heated from ambient up to 900 °C at different heating rates including 10, 20 and 40 °Cžmin-1. The pyrolysis of pine powder was composed of two obvious weight loss phases, which were dehydration and the decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose. The lignin in pine powder decomposed over a broad temperature range until 900°C. The pyrolysis of PVC was complicated, and included the release of hydrogen chloride (HCl), the formation of hydrocarbons. Besides, the additives in PVC decomposed at about 600 °C. The TG and DTG curves of pyrolysis for pine powder and PVC were similar at different heating rates, however, each weight loss phase of pyrolysis was shifted to high temperature with increasing the heating rate.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mohamed S. H. Al-Moftah ◽  
Richard Marsh ◽  
Julian Steer

The global net emissions of the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases (GHG), such as carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases, methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), remain substantially high, despite concerted efforts to reduce them. Thermal treatment of solid waste contributes at least 2.8–4% of the GHG in part due to increased generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and inefficient treatment processes, such as incineration and landfill. Thermal treatment processes, such as gasification and pyrolysis, are valuable ways to convert solid materials, such as wastes into syngas, liquids, and chars, for power generation, fuels, or for the bioremediation of soils. Subcoal™ is a commercial product based on paper and plastics from the source segregated waste that is not readily recyclable and that would otherwise potentially find its way in to landfills. This paper looks at the kinetic parameters associated with this product in pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion conditions for consideration as a fuel for power generation or as a reductant in the blast furnace ironmaking process. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) in Nitrogen (N2), CO2, and in air, was used to measure and compare the reaction kinetics. The activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor A were measured at different heating rates using non-isothermal Ozawa Flynn Wall and (OFW) and Kissinger-Akahira-Sonuse (KAS) model-free techniques. The TGA curves showed that the thermal degradation of Subcoal™ comprises three main processes: dehydration, devolatilization, and char and ash formation. In addition, the heating rate drifts the devolatilization temperature to a higher value. Likewise, the derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) results stated that Tm degradation increased as the heating rate increased. Substantial variance in Ea was noted between the four stages of thermal decomposition of Subcoal™ on both methods. The Ea for gasification reached 200.2 ± 33.6 kJ/mol by OFW and 179.0 ± 31.9 kJ/mol by KAS. Pyrolysis registered Ea values of 161.7 ± 24.7 kJ/mol by OFW and 142.6 ± 23.5 kJ/mol by KAS. Combustion returned the lowest Ea values for both OFW (76.74 ± 15.4 kJ/mol) and KAS (71.0 ± 4.4 kJ/mol). The low Ea values in combustion indicate shorter reaction time for Subcoal™ degradation compared to gasification and pyrolysis. Generally, TGA kinetics analysis using KAS and OFW methods show good consistency in evaluating Arrhenius constants.


2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
DWI ARIES HIMAWANTO ◽  
R. DHIMAS DHEWANGGA P ◽  
HARWIN SAPTOADI ◽  
TRI AGUNG ROHMAT ◽  
INDARTO INDARTO

Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) has great potential as a clean, renewable feedstock for producing modern energy carriers through thermochemical, called pyrolyis, and densification processes to form a Refused Derived Fuels (RDF), i.e MSW char briquette. In this article, thermogravimetry analysis has done to analyzed combustion characteristic of MSW briquette dan MSW char briquette. The sample in this research is 70 % wt MSW organic component 30 % wt MSW non organic component. . The 20 gram sample is placed in the furnace whose temperature is increased 10 0C/min and until sample temperature reaches 400 0C and held for 30 minutes before the sample is cooled into room temperature. 100 ml/min nitrogen is introduced from the bottom of furnace as a swept gas.. The formed char is densified and then characterized in a self manufactured macro balance, adopted from Swithenbank et al.. The 3 gram sample is placed in the furnace whose temperature is increased wih the selected heating rate until sample mass nearly constant.The results of the research showed that the effect of pyrolysis give the increase of sample heating value and give the lower ignition temperature of char briquette combustion.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-209
Author(s):  
Alexander Topal ◽  
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Iryna Holenko ◽  
Luidmyla Haponych ◽  
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...  

For the municipal solid waste (MSW) to be used in a proper way, it is necessary to implement clean technologies capable of thermal treatment of MSW and RDF in order to produce heat and electricity while meeting current ecological requirements. Nowadays, a number of technologies for MSW/RDF thermal treating are being used worldwide. Among them, the most proven technologies, applicable for industrial introduction, have been considered while analyzing their advantages/ disadvantages accounting for local conditions of Ukraine.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1462
Author(s):  
Faisal A. Osra ◽  
Huseyin Kurtulus Ozcan ◽  
Jaber S. Alzahrani ◽  
Mohammad S. Alsoufi

In many countries, open dumping is considered the simplest, cheapest, and most cost-effective way of managing solid wastes. Thus, in underdeveloped economies, Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) are openly dumped. Improper waste disposal causes air, water, and soil pollution, impairing soil permeability and blockage of the drainage system. Solid Waste Management (SWM) can be enhanced by operating a well-engineered site with the capacity to reduce, reuse, and recover MSW. Makkah city is one of the holiest cities in the world. It harbors a dozen of holy places. Millions of people across the globe visit the place every year to perform Hajj, Umrah, and tourism. In the present study, MSW characterization and energy recovery from MSW of Makkah was determined. The average composition of solid waste in Makkah city is organic matter (48%), plastics (25%), paper and cardboard (20%), metals (4%), glass (2%), textiles (1%), and wood (1%). In order to evaluate energy recovery potential from solid waste in Kakia open dumpsite landfill, the Gas Generation Model (LandGEM) was used. According to LandGEM results, landfill gas (methane and carbon dioxide) generation potential and capacity were determined. Kakia open dump has a methane potential of 83.52 m3 per ton of waste.


2013 ◽  
Vol 805-806 ◽  
pp. 265-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Ming Cui ◽  
Xiao Yuan Zhang ◽  
Li Min Shang

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed to study the pyrolysis characteristics of four glucose-based and three fructose-based carbohydrates. Kinetic parameters were calculated based on the experiment data. The results indicated that the starting and maximal pyrolysis temperatures of the glucose-based carbohydrates were increased steadily as the rising of their degree of polymerization (DP). The fructose-based carbohydrates exhibited similar pyrolysis behaviors as the glucose-based carbohydrates, but the difference was smaller. Kinetic calculations revealed that the activation energy values of the glucose-based carbohydrates were higher than those of the fructose-based carbohydrates, indicating the glucose-based carbohydrates were more difficult to decompose than the fructose-based carbohydrates.


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