High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development
A stepwise process (SP) was developed for sustainable energy production from food waste (FW). The process comprised of hydrothermal treatment followed by oil upgrading. Synthetic food waste was primarily used as feedstock in the hydrothermal reactor under subcritical water conditions. The produced h...
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| author | Yin, Ke Li, Ling Giannis, Apostolos Weerachanchai, Piyarat Ng, Bernard Jia Han Wang, Jing-Yuan |
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| description | A stepwise process (SP) was developed for sustainable energy production from food waste (FW). The process comprised of hydrothermal treatment followed by oil upgrading. Synthetic food waste was primarily used as feedstock in the hydrothermal reactor under subcritical water conditions. The produced hydrochars were analyzed for calorific value (17.0–33.7 MJ/kg) and elemental composition indicating high-quality fuel comparable to coal. Hydrothermal carbonization (e.g. 180°C) would be efficient for oil recovery (>90%) from FW, as compared to hydrothermal liquefaction (320°C) whereby lipid degradation may take place. The recovered oil was upgraded to biodiesel in a catalytic refinery process. Selected biodiesels, that is, B3 and B4 were characterized for density (872.7 and 895.5 kg/m3), kinematic viscosity (3.115 and 8.243 cSt), flash and pour point (30°C and >126°C), micro carbon (0.03% and 0.04%), sulfur (both <0.0016%), and calorific value (38,917 and 39,584 J/g), suggesting similar quality to commercial biodiesel. Fatty acid methyl ethers content was further analyzed to assess the influence of hydrothermal treatment in biodiesel quality, indicating the limited impacts. Overall, the SP provides a promising alternative for sustainable energy recovery through high-quality biofuel and hydrochar production. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/805032020-09-26T22:02:45Z High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development Yin, Ke Li, Ling Giannis, Apostolos Weerachanchai, Piyarat Ng, Bernard Jia Han Wang, Jing-Yuan Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute Food waste Waste to energy A stepwise process (SP) was developed for sustainable energy production from food waste (FW). The process comprised of hydrothermal treatment followed by oil upgrading. Synthetic food waste was primarily used as feedstock in the hydrothermal reactor under subcritical water conditions. The produced hydrochars were analyzed for calorific value (17.0–33.7 MJ/kg) and elemental composition indicating high-quality fuel comparable to coal. Hydrothermal carbonization (e.g. 180°C) would be efficient for oil recovery (>90%) from FW, as compared to hydrothermal liquefaction (320°C) whereby lipid degradation may take place. The recovered oil was upgraded to biodiesel in a catalytic refinery process. Selected biodiesels, that is, B3 and B4 were characterized for density (872.7 and 895.5 kg/m3), kinematic viscosity (3.115 and 8.243 cSt), flash and pour point (30°C and >126°C), micro carbon (0.03% and 0.04%), sulfur (both <0.0016%), and calorific value (38,917 and 39,584 J/g), suggesting similar quality to commercial biodiesel. Fatty acid methyl ethers content was further analyzed to assess the influence of hydrothermal treatment in biodiesel quality, indicating the limited impacts. Overall, the SP provides a promising alternative for sustainable energy recovery through high-quality biofuel and hydrochar production. Accepted version 2017-03-13T05:50:02Z 2019-12-06T13:51:00Z 2017-03-13T05:50:02Z 2019-12-06T13:51:00Z 2017 2017 Journal Article Yin, K., Li, L., Giannis, A., Weerachanchai, P., Ng, B. J. H., & Wang, J.-Y. (2017). High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development. Environmental Technology, in press. 0959-3330 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80503 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42158 10.1080/09593330.2017.1297851 196278 en Environmental Technology © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Environmental Technology, Taylor & Francis Group. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2017.1297851]. 20 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Food waste Waste to energy Yin, Ke Li, Ling Giannis, Apostolos Weerachanchai, Piyarat Ng, Bernard Jia Han Wang, Jing-Yuan High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title | High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title_full | High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title_fullStr | High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title_short | High-quality fuel from food waste - investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| title_sort | high quality fuel from food waste investigation of a stepwise process from the perspective of technology development |
| topic | Food waste Waste to energy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80503 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42158 |
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