Title
A case study on microwave pyrolysis of waste tyres and cocoa pod husk; effect on quantity and quality of utilizable products
Date Issued
01 February 2022
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metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Disposal of huge amounts of diverse wastes for reduced costs accompanied with gaining of energy and valuable chemicals is an eager topic in waste-to-energy and fuel business. Microwave pyrolysis is a thermochemical route providing such benefits. Waste scrap tyres (ST) and cocoa pod husk (CPH) as polymer and biomass representatives were pyrolyzed in microwave reactor at 440 W power for 30 min. Quantity and quality of pyrolysis products (gas, oil, and carbon black) were investigated. It was revealed, while set microwave pyrolysis conditions are sufficient for maximum decomposition of ST to pyrolysis products, it is necessary to optimize them for CPH. The gas produced by microwave pyrolysis of ST contains more H2 and CH4 than from conventional pyrolysis, thus, microwave pyrolysis is an effective tool for production of a fuel gas. The oil obtained by ST microwave pyrolysis is a complex mixture of mostly nonpolar aromatic compounds (toluene, benzene, limonene, styrene, o-xylene), while the oil obtained by CPH microwave pyrolysis contains mainly p-cresol, phenol and its derivatives. The ST-derived carbon black shows a well-established large-volume mesoporous-macroporous structure. The CPH-derived carbon black is a low-volume macroporous material with very well-developed microporosity. A higher gross calorific value of microwave ST-derived carbon black in comparison to conventionally prepared one is caused by its higher graphitization rate. Since the surface of ST-derived carbon black is more polar than CPH-derived one and with respect to chemical purity, it could be more suitable adsorbent for polar volatile organic compounds from gaseous emissions. It is necessary to develop a microporosity in ST-derived carbon black.
Volume
10
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Ingeniería química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120494019
Source
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
ISSN of the container
22133437
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported from ERDF “Institute of Environmental Technology – Excellent Research” [No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000853]. Experimental results were accomplished using Large Research Infrastructure ENREGAT supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [project No. LM2018098]. The financial support of the FONDECYT-CONCYTEC contract N° 398-2019-FONDECYT is also acknowledged. Special thank is aimed at our colleagues Dr. Pavel Leštinský from IET VŠB-TUO for laboratory support and fruitful discussions related to pyrolysis, and Dr. Pavlína Peikertová from CNT VŠB-TUO for Raman spectroscopy measurements. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
This work was supported from ERDF "Institute of Environmental Technology – Excellent Research" [No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000853 ]. Experimental results were accomplished using Large Research Infrastructure ENREGAT supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [project No. LM2018098 ]. The financial support of the FONDECYT-CONCYTEC contract N° 398-2019-FONDECYT is also acknowledged. Special thank is aimed at our colleagues Dr. Pavel Leštinský from IET VŠB-TUO for laboratory support and fruitful discussions related to pyrolysis, and Dr. Pavlína Peikertová from CNT VŠB-TUO for Raman spectroscopy measurements.
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