Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials
The repurposing of industrial solid wastes for sustainable energy production figures as a convenient alternative to decrease the carbon footprint of industrial processes by increasing circularity and reducing the utilization of fossil-based energy vectors. The furniture industry generates significan...
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| author | Francisco Wendell Bezerra Lopes Fábio Gonçalves Macêdo de Medeiros Eduardo Lins de Barros Neto Jean-Michel Lavoie Bruna Rego de Vasconcelos |
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| description | The repurposing of industrial solid wastes for sustainable energy production figures as a convenient alternative to decrease the carbon footprint of industrial processes by increasing circularity and reducing the utilization of fossil-based energy vectors. The furniture industry generates significant amounts of carbon-based waste materials, including high-pressure laminates (HPL) that comprise cellulose-based materials treated with thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins. There are currently no energy recovery studies for this type of waste, especially concerning thermochemical conversion. In this work, we proposed to evaluate the potential of HPL wastes for the generation of energy relevant gaseous products (syngas) by gasification, using air and steam as gasifying agents in a downdraft gasifier. The influence of temperature (600–900°C), equivalence ratio (ER, 0.20–0.30) and the presence of the thermosetting formaldehyde-based resins were evaluated in the composition (H2 content, H2/CO ratio) and lower heating value (LHV) of the obtained syngas. The increase in temperature positively influenced the H2 content in the final gas product, contrarily to the increase in ER. High temperature (900°C) and low ER (0.20) were found to favor H2 production (43.8%vol), increase syngas fraction (58.0%vol) and LHV (7.4MJ/Nm3) of the gas products. The presence of the thermosetting resins contributed to the production of a larger syngas fraction with high H2 content (62.3%vol, H2/CO=2.4). Overall, gasification of HPL wastes was shown to be a promising alternative to the production of hydrogen-rich syngas with potential industrial applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8765096e7f2b45fa8ad8ad9944d698012025-02-20T04:59:26ZengElsevierNext Energy2949-821X2025-01-016100213Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materialsFrancisco Wendell Bezerra Lopes0Fábio Gonçalves Macêdo de Medeiros1Eduardo Lins de Barros Neto2Jean-Michel Lavoie3Bruna Rego de Vasconcelos4Biomass Technology Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdS), Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; Corresponding author.Plants for Human Health Institute, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University (NCSU), 600 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United StatesDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN 59075-000, BrazilBiomass Technology Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdS), Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, CanadaBiomass Technology Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdS), Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, CanadaThe repurposing of industrial solid wastes for sustainable energy production figures as a convenient alternative to decrease the carbon footprint of industrial processes by increasing circularity and reducing the utilization of fossil-based energy vectors. The furniture industry generates significant amounts of carbon-based waste materials, including high-pressure laminates (HPL) that comprise cellulose-based materials treated with thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins. There are currently no energy recovery studies for this type of waste, especially concerning thermochemical conversion. In this work, we proposed to evaluate the potential of HPL wastes for the generation of energy relevant gaseous products (syngas) by gasification, using air and steam as gasifying agents in a downdraft gasifier. The influence of temperature (600–900°C), equivalence ratio (ER, 0.20–0.30) and the presence of the thermosetting formaldehyde-based resins were evaluated in the composition (H2 content, H2/CO ratio) and lower heating value (LHV) of the obtained syngas. The increase in temperature positively influenced the H2 content in the final gas product, contrarily to the increase in ER. High temperature (900°C) and low ER (0.20) were found to favor H2 production (43.8%vol), increase syngas fraction (58.0%vol) and LHV (7.4MJ/Nm3) of the gas products. The presence of the thermosetting resins contributed to the production of a larger syngas fraction with high H2 content (62.3%vol, H2/CO=2.4). Overall, gasification of HPL wastes was shown to be a promising alternative to the production of hydrogen-rich syngas with potential industrial applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949821X24001182SyngasEquivalence ratioHigh-pressure laminatesGasification kineticsThermosetting resins |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Wendell Bezerra Lopes Fábio Gonçalves Macêdo de Medeiros Eduardo Lins de Barros Neto Jean-Michel Lavoie Bruna Rego de Vasconcelos Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials Next Energy Syngas Equivalence ratio High-pressure laminates Gasification kinetics Thermosetting resins |
| title | Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials |
| title_full | Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials |
| title_fullStr | Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials |
| title_short | Influence of phenol-formaldehyde and melamine-formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high-pressure laminate waste materials |
| title_sort | influence of phenol formaldehyde and melamine formaldehyde resins on the gasification of high pressure laminate waste materials |
| topic | Syngas Equivalence ratio High-pressure laminates Gasification kinetics Thermosetting resins |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949821X24001182 |
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