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Experimental Study of Absorbent Hygiene Product devolatilization in a bubbling fluidized bed
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: Received: 7 April 2021 / Approved: 14 April 2021 / Online: 14 April 2021 (15:34:08 CEST)
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Malsegna, B.; Di Giuliano, A.; Gallucci, K. Experimental Study of Absorbent Hygiene Product Devolatilization in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed. Energies 2021, 14, 2399. Malsegna, B.; Di Giuliano, A.; Gallucci, K. Experimental Study of Absorbent Hygiene Product Devolatilization in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed. Energies 2021, 14, 2399.
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the usage of waste from Absorbent Hygienic Products (AHP) as a fuel for gasification or pyrolysis, two attractive routes to obtain valuable products and dispose of this kind of waste. The study experimentally investigated the devolatilization of coarsely shred-ded materials from diapers, in a laboratory-scale bubbling fluidized bed made of sand, as a rep-resentative preparatory step of above-mentioned thermochemical conversions. Two versions of shredded materials were considered: as-manufactured diapers (AHPam, as a reference), and the cellulosic fraction of sterilized used diapers (AHPus). Results were presented, obtained from physic-chemical characterization of AHPam and AHPus (TGA, CHNS/O, proximate and ultimate analysis, XRF, ICP-AES, SEM-EDS) and their devolatilizations at 500-600-700-800°C, under two different atmospheres (air plus nitrogen, or pure nitrogen as a reference). Generally, temperature had most influenced syngas composition, with better performances under pure nitrogen. At 700-800 °C under pure nitrogen, the highest syngas quality and yield were obtained. For AHPam and AHPus, respectively: (i) H2 richness equaled 29.5 vol% and 23.7 vol%, while hydrocarbons poorness equaled 14.8 vol% and 7.4 vol% on dry, dilution-free basis; (ii) 53.7 Nl 100 gfuel-1 and 46.0 Nl 100 gfuel-1 were produced. Overall, AHP emerged as an interesting fuel for thermochemical conversions.
Keywords
absorbent hygiene product; waste; gasification; devolatilization; pyrolysis; fluidized bed; diapers; cellulosic fraction
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Waste Management and Disposal
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