| Title: | The Proof-of-the-Concept of Application of Pelletization for Mitigation of Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Carbonized Refuse-Derived Fuel |
| Author(s): | Bialowiec A; Micuda M; Szumny A; Lyczko J; Koziel JA; |
| Address: | "Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland. andrzej.bialowiec@upwr.edu.pl. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. andrzej.bialowiec@upwr.edu.pl. Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland. micuda.monika@gmail.com. Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland. Antoni.szumny@upwr.edu.pl. Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland. jacek.lyczko@upwr.edu.pl. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. koziel@iastate.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1996-1944 (Print) 1996-1944 (Electronic) 1996-1944 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Waste can be effectively reused through the production of carbonized refuse-derived fuel (CRDF) that enables further energy recovery. Developing cleaner production of CRDF requires consideration of practical issues of storage and handling. Thus, it needs to be ensured that CRDF does not pose an excessive risk to humans and the ecosystem. Very few studies indicate a wide variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are present in CRDF, some of which are toxic. During handling, storage, transportation, and use of VOC-rich CRDF, workers and end-users could be exposed to emissions that could pose a health and safety hazard. Our recent study shows that CRDF densification via pelletization can increase the efficiency of storage and transportation. Thus, the following research question was identified: can pelletization mitigate VOCs emissions from CRDF during storage? Preliminary research aiming at the determination of the influence of CRDF pelletization on VOCs emission during storage was completed to address this question. The VOCs emissions from two types of CRDF: ground (loose, torrefied refuse-derived fuel (RDF)) and pelletized, were measured. Pelletization reduced the VOCs emissions potential during the four-day storage by ~86%, in comparison with ground CRDF. Mitigation of VOCs emissions from densified CRDF is feasible, and research is warranted to understand the influence of structural modification on VOCs emission kinetics, and possibilities of scaling up this solution into the practice of cleaner storage and transportation of CRDF" |
| Keywords: | Crdf Rdf VOCs biochar biowaste emissions mitigation municipal solid waste occupational safety pelletization pyrolysis solid fuels torrefaction waste to carbon; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBialowiec, Andrzej Micuda, Monika Szumny, Antoni Lyczko, Jacek Koziel, Jacek A eng Research on pollutants emission from Carbonized Refuse Derived Fuel into the environment/Fulbright Foundation/ Project no. IOW05556 (Future Challenges in Animal Production Systems: Seeking Solutions through Focused Facilitation) sponsored by Hatch Act and State of Iowa funds/Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa/ Switzerland 2019/05/30 Materials (Basel). 2019 May 24; 12(10):1692. doi: 10.3390/ma12101692" |
