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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Pyrolysis and Gasification of a Real Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF): The Potential Use of the Products under a Circular Economy Vision.

Michela Alfè, Valentina Gargiulo, Michele Porto, Renata Migliaccio, Adolfo Le Pera, Miriam Sellaro, Crescenzo Pellegrino, Abraham A Abe, Massimo Urciuolo, Paolino Caputo and 4 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Michela AlfèCNR-STEMS, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8930-1210
Valentina GargiuloCNR-STEMS, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6517-2263
Michele PortoDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Renata MigliaccioCNR-STEMS, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.
Adolfo Le PeraCalabra Maceri e Servizi s.p.a., Via M. Polo 54, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Miriam SellaroCalabra Maceri e Servizi s.p.a., Via M. Polo 54, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2903-6253
Crescenzo PellegrinoCalabra Maceri e Servizi s.p.a., Via M. Polo 54, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Abraham A AbeDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2781-7355
Massimo UrciuoloCNR-STEMS, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9386-3053
Paolino CaputoDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3472-7710
Pietro CalandraCNR-ISMN, National Research Council, Institute of Nanostructured Materials, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Montelibretti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4479-4311
Valeria LoiseDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5156-5077
Cesare Oliviero RossiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4406-7824
Giovanna RuoppoloCNR-STEMS, National Research Council, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility, P.le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9848-8459

Funding

Calabra Maceri e Servizi S.P.A. F/190182/00/X44
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refuse-Derived Fuels (RDFs) are segregated forms of wastes obtained by a combined mechanical-biological processing of municipal solid wastes (MSWs). The narrower characteristics, e.g., high calorific value (18-24 MJ/kg), low moisture content (3-6%) and high volatile (77-84%) and carbon (47-56%) contents, make RDFs more suitable than MSWs for thermochemical valorization purposes. As a matter of fact, EU regulations encourage the use of RDF as a source of energy in the frameworks of sustainability and the circular economy. Pyrolysis and gasification are promising thermochemical processes for RDF treatment, since, compared to incineration, they ensure an increase in energy recovery efficiency, a reduction of pollutant emissions and the production of value-added products as chemical platforms or fuels. Despite the growing interest towards RDFs as feedstock, the literature on the thermochemical treatment of RDFs under pyrolysis and gasification conditions still appears to be limited. In this work, results on pyrolysis and gasification tests on a real RDF are reported and coupled with a detailed characterization of the gaseous, condensable and solid products. Pyrolysis tests have been performed in a tubular reactor up to three different final temperatures (550, 650 and 750 °C) while an air gasification test at 850 °C has been performed in a fluidized bed reactor using sand as the bed material. The results of the two thermochemical processes are analyzed in terms of yield, characteristics and quality of the products to highlight how the two thermochemical conversion processes can be used to accomplish waste-to-materials and waste-to-energy targets. The RDF gasification process leads to the production of a syngas with a H

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GarbageRefuse DisposalIncinerationPyrolysisSolid WasteSolid Wastechargasificationproduct yieldspyrolysispyrolysis productsrefuse-derived fuelsyngaswaxes

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PMID36500207
PMCPMC9739972

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