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Pyrolysis of sewage sludge for sustainable biofuels and value-added biochar production
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, 673601, Kerala, India.
Department of Chemistry, Centre for Alternate and Renewable Energy Research, R&D, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), School of Engineering, Energy Acres Building, Bidholi, Dehradun, 248007, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Chemistry, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Adamas University, Kolkata, 700 126, India.
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, 411, Taiwan.
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2021 (English)In: Journal of Environmental Management, ISSN 0301-4797, E-ISSN 1095-8630, Vol. 298, article id 113450Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The study deals with the pyrolysis of sewage sludge to produce eco-friendly and sustainable fuels along with value-added biochar products. The experiments were conducted in a fixed-bed cylindrical glass reactor in the temperature range of 250–700 °C and achieved the product yield of 22.4 wt% bio-oil, 18.9 wt % pyrolysis gases, and 58.7 wt% biochar at 500 °C optimum temperature. The chemical composition of bio-oil was investigated by gas chromatograph-mass spectroscopy and fourier transformation infrared techniques. The ASTM standard procedures were used to assess the fuel qualities of bio-oil, and they were found to be satisfactory. Bio-oil has a greater H/C ratio (3.49) and a lower O/C ratio (1.10), indicating that it is suitable for engine use. The gas chromatographic analysis of pyrolysis gases confirmed the presence of 41.16 wt % combustible gases, making it suitable for use in spark-ignition engines. X-ray fluorescence analysis of biochar showed that it had a good amount of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium along with some micro-and macro-nutrient which proves its potential to utilize as organic manure in the agriculture sector. In addition, the data obtained from the TGA analysis during the pyrolysis of sewage sludge was applied to calculate kinetic parameters via the Coats-Redfern method.

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Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 298, article id 113450
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Sewage sludge, Pyrolysis, Bio-oil, Pyrolysis gas, Biochar, Kinetic modeling
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Energy Engineering
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Biochemical Process Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86755DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113450ISI: 000700577400004PubMedID: 34388542Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85112160769OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86755DiVA, id: diva2:1586037
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-08-18 (johcin)

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