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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Upgrading of banana leaf waste to produce solid biofuel by torrefaction: physicochemical properties, combustion behaviors, and potential emissions.

José Luiz Francisco Alves, Jean Constantino Gomes da Silva, Noeli Sellin, Flávio de Borba Prá, Cristiano Sapelini, Ozair Souza, Cintia Marangoni

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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José Luiz Francisco AlvesGraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brazil. zeluiz_alves@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-3530
Jean Constantino Gomes da SilvaGraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brazil.
Noeli SellinGraduate Program in Process Engineering, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89219-710, Brazil.
Flávio de Borba PráGraduate Program in Process Engineering, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89219-710, Brazil.
Cristiano SapeliniGraduate Program in Process Engineering, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89219-710, Brazil.
Ozair SouzaGraduate Program in Process Engineering, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, 89219-710, Brazil.
Cintia MarangoniGraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brazil.

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This study is the first report that focuses on investigating the effects of torrefaction on the bioenergy-related properties, combustion behavior, and potential emissions of banana leaf waste (BLW). Experiments were first conducted in a bench-scale fixed-bed reactor operating at light (220 °C), mild (250 °C), and severe (280 °C) torrefaction conditions to torrefy the raw BLW. Torrefaction pretreatments reduced the weight of the raw BLW by about 60%, but the resulting solid biofuel can preserve up to 77% of the energy content of the raw biomass. It was found that torrefied BLW contains more concentrated fixed carbon than the raw BLW, volatile matter content of up to 59.8 wt.%, and a higher HHV of up to 20.7 MJ kg

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BiofuelsMusaBiomassCarbonPlant LeavesTemperatureBiofuelsCarbonBioenergyEmission indicesFuel characteristicsLignocellulosic residuePerformance indexesThermochemical pretreatmentTorrefied biomass

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