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Catalytic microwave pyrolysis of mushroom spent compost (MSC) biomass for bio-oil production and its life cycle assessment (LCA)

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The objective of this study was to investigate the pyrolysis of mushroom spent compost (MSC) by laboratory microwave to produce bio-oil and evaluate its life cycle assessment (LCA). In the first part of this study, MSC was used as a substrate for bio-oil production and the optimization of the production conditions through the response surface method (RSM). Optimal conditions for the production of pyrolysis products as the amount of catalyst 8.95%, microwave power of 441.21 W with any catalyst (preferably coal) for the maximum amount of bio-oil (37.39%), bio-char (33.63%), and gas (28.97%) were identified. In the second part of this study, its LCA was assessed by the integrated waste management (IWM) model. The results showed that in terms of energy consumption and acidification, scenario one (waste composting) has the worst performance and in terms of greenhouse gases, photochemical fog, and release of toxic substances into the climate, the second scenario (microwave pyrolysis) has the worst are performance. LCA was assessed by the IWM model. The results showed that in terms of energy consumption and acidification, scenario one (waste composting) has the worst performance and in terms of greenhouse gases, photochemical smog, and emission of toxic substances into the climate, the second scenario (microwave pyrolysis) has the worst performance.

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Seyed Ali Shahnouri: conceptualization, methodology, validation, investigation, data curation, writing the original draft. Ahmad Taghizadeh-Alisaraei: writing, review and editing, project administration, funding acquisition. Ahmad Abbaszadeh-Mayvan: methodology, and helped supervise the project. Aliasghar Tatari: software, resources, formal analysis, supervision, and visualization. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Shahnouri, S.A., Taghizadeh-Alisaraei, A., Abbaszadeh-Mayvan, A. et al. Catalytic microwave pyrolysis of mushroom spent compost (MSC) biomass for bio-oil production and its life cycle assessment (LCA). Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 9949–9965 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02988-y

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