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Pyrolysis Characteristics of Anaerobic Biogas Solid Residue from Kitchen Waste

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With urban dry and wet waste classification utilized, kitchen waste is sorted out and used for achieving anaerobic biogas, in which biogas solid residue is produced meanwhile. The purpose of this article is to clarify the pyrolysis characteristics of the biogas solid residue using thermo-gravimetric analyzer and Py-GC/MS. The main research results include: (1) The dried biogas solid residue sample has more volatile matter, accounting for 62% .The ash accounting for 37.52%. (2) There are two dominant pyrolysis peaks in thermal gravimetric curves of biogas solid residue, located at low temperature about 200–300 °C. The lower activation energy of pyrolysis rate under 100–250 oC is related to the previous anaerobic digestion process. The third peak position occurs at 750 °C due to calcination of CaCO3 in ash. (3) The amount of alcohols and acid in pyrolysis gas increases first and then decreases with the increase of temperature. The pyrolysis of ether organics mainly occurs at lower temperature, 200 °C. Those productions are assumed to be derived from lipid degradation during pyrolysis. (4) The ash of biogas solid residue obtained under 400 oC is rich in Na, K and Cl. A proper approach could convert biogas solid residue to more amount of pyrolysis gas, keeping the temperature under 600 °C. And most Na, K and Cl retain in the residue, as beneficiates the biogas quality and favors the following-up combustion behavior avoiding slagging problem in combustion chamber.

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Abbreviations

ar:

As-received

db:

Dried-baisis

DMS:

Direct melting system

MBT:

Mechanical biological treatment

Py-GC/MS:

Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

WtE:

Waste-to-Energy

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    Jian Zhang, Taotao Zhang, Zhenglong Zhang, Li Zhou & Yuqian Guo

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Zhang, J., Zhang, T., Zhang, R. et al. Pyrolysis Characteristics of Anaerobic Biogas Solid Residue from Kitchen Waste. Waste Biomass Valor 15, 1141–1153 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02232-2

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