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PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS
1 INTRODUCTION 2
SOLID WASTE 2
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 3
2 PYROLYSIS 3
DEFINITION 3
TYPES OF PYROLYSIS 3
PROCESSES OF PYROLYSIS 4
WHY TO USE PYROLYSIS 6
WHY NOT TO USE 7
3 CONCLUSION 8
4 REFERENCES 9
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INTRODUCTION
Solid waste generation is an inevitable result of human activities and its
management has a direct impact on public health as well as public welfare.
Over the years, the world has experienced tremendous increase in
quantities of solid waste generated and the complexity of its composition.
This is compounded by the growing use of plastics and electronic
consumer products, posing a great challenge to the agencies charged with
managing MSW.
SOLID WASTE:
Solid waste can be defined as the useless and unwanted products in solids
or semisolids, non-soluble materials (including gases and liquids in
containers) such as agricultural refuse, demolition waste, industrial waste,
mining residues, municipal garbage, and sewage sludge.
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MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE:
PYROLYSIS
DEFINITION:
Types of pyrolysis:
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devolatilized to produce char and tar as the main products, which
can then be allowed to undergo recombination.
Processes of pyrolysis:
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At about 3500˚C, the feedstock disintegrates by up to 80% in weight
and the remnant feedstock forms char.
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WHY TO USE PYROLYSIS?
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products comprise pyrolysis oil (a bio-fuel) and char/ash
respectively.
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CONCLUSION:
Different waste treatment options have different type of impacts; however,
environmental soundness of the technology should be accounted in the
long time perspective. Pyrolysis has found one of the emerging
technologies which have lower environmental impact than the
incineration process.
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REFERENCES
Onyango D.O. Kaluli J. W. Department of Biomechanical and Environmental
Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi,
Kenya. PYROLYSIS: AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT.
Eilhann Kwon. Kelly J. Westby. Marco J. Castaldi. May 2013. Department of Earth
and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Transforming Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into Fuel via the Gasification/Pyrolysis
Process. 18-3559
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