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Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles
Wood waste and waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles are two of the solid wastes posing severe challenges to waste management facilities and constituting nuisance to humans and the environment in Nigeria due to poor management. These wastes could be utilized to produce solid biofuels for va...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10632711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21432 |
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author | Akhator, Peter E. Bazuaye, Lewis Ewere, Aliemeke Oshiokhai, Odior |
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description | Wood waste and waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles are two of the solid wastes posing severe challenges to waste management facilities and constituting nuisance to humans and the environment in Nigeria due to poor management. These wastes could be utilized to produce solid biofuels for various energy applications to reduce CO(2) emissions. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the potential of converting these wastes locally into solid waste-derived fuels (SWDF) briquettes in a bid to present an alternative approach to managing them. Four types of SWDF briquettes were produced from mixed wood waste and waste PET bottles in blend ratios of 100:0, 60:40, 50:50, and 40:60 using a screw press briquetting machine with single extrusion die. The effect of PET plastic amount on different properties, such as net calorific value, ash content, durability, and density, of the produced briquettes was investigated. In addition, obtained results were compared with the quality standards of densified fuels specified by the European Pellet Council. to ascertain the quality of the produced SWDF briquettes. The results revealed that the SWDF briquettes made only from mixed wood waste exhibited the lowest calorific value (17.15 MJ/kg) and highest ash content (2.74 %), while the SWDFs made from blends of mixed wood waste and PET bottles had higher calorific values (17.85–20.77 MJ/kg) and lower ash contents (1.05–1.37 %). Moreover, except for density and chlorine content (<750 kg/m(3) and <0.03 wt% respectively), all the produced SWDFs complied with the quality standards of densified fuels specified by the European Pellet Council. These results suggest that these blends could yield SWDFs with improved quality and combustion properties, and could present a new way of managing these solid wastes. |
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spelling | pubmed-106327112023-11-10 Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles Akhator, Peter E. Bazuaye, Lewis Ewere, Aliemeke Oshiokhai, Odior Heliyon Research Article Wood waste and waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles are two of the solid wastes posing severe challenges to waste management facilities and constituting nuisance to humans and the environment in Nigeria due to poor management. These wastes could be utilized to produce solid biofuels for various energy applications to reduce CO(2) emissions. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the potential of converting these wastes locally into solid waste-derived fuels (SWDF) briquettes in a bid to present an alternative approach to managing them. Four types of SWDF briquettes were produced from mixed wood waste and waste PET bottles in blend ratios of 100:0, 60:40, 50:50, and 40:60 using a screw press briquetting machine with single extrusion die. The effect of PET plastic amount on different properties, such as net calorific value, ash content, durability, and density, of the produced briquettes was investigated. In addition, obtained results were compared with the quality standards of densified fuels specified by the European Pellet Council. to ascertain the quality of the produced SWDF briquettes. The results revealed that the SWDF briquettes made only from mixed wood waste exhibited the lowest calorific value (17.15 MJ/kg) and highest ash content (2.74 %), while the SWDFs made from blends of mixed wood waste and PET bottles had higher calorific values (17.85–20.77 MJ/kg) and lower ash contents (1.05–1.37 %). Moreover, except for density and chlorine content (<750 kg/m(3) and <0.03 wt% respectively), all the produced SWDFs complied with the quality standards of densified fuels specified by the European Pellet Council. These results suggest that these blends could yield SWDFs with improved quality and combustion properties, and could present a new way of managing these solid wastes. Elsevier 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10632711/ /pubmed/37954350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21432 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Akhator, Peter E. Bazuaye, Lewis Ewere, Aliemeke Oshiokhai, Odior Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title | Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title_full | Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title_fullStr | Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title_full_unstemmed | Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title_short | Production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
title_sort | production and characterisation of solid waste-derived fuel briquettes from mixed wood wastes and waste pet bottles |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10632711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21432 |
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