Hydrothermal Upgrading of Korean MSW for Solid Fuel Production: Effect of MSW Composition

In Korea, municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment is conducted by converting wastes into energy resources using the mechanical-biological treatment (MBT). The small size MSW to be separated from raw MSW by mechanical treatment (MT) is generally treated by biological treatment that consists of high com...

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Main Authors: Daegi Kim, Pandji Prawisudha, Kunio Yoshikawa
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Combustion
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/781659
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description In Korea, municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment is conducted by converting wastes into energy resources using the mechanical-biological treatment (MBT). The small size MSW to be separated from raw MSW by mechanical treatment (MT) is generally treated by biological treatment that consists of high composition of food residue and paper and so forth. In this research, the hydrothermal treatment was applied to treat the surrogate MT residue composed of paper and/or kimchi. It was shown that the hydrothermal treatment increased the calorific value of the surrogate MT residue due to increasing fixed carbon content and decreasing oxygen content and enhanced the dehydration and drying performances of kimchi. Comparing the results of paper and kimchi samples, the calorific value of the treated product from paper was increased more effectively due to its high content of cellulose. Furthermore, the change of the calorific value before and after the hydrothermal treatment of the mixture of paper and kimchi can be well predicted by this change of paper and kimchi only. The hydrothermal treatment can be expected to effectively convert high moisture MT residue into a uniform solid fuel.
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spelling doaj-art-7e072626b0d3437fa4f3130f1ece65212025-02-03T01:28:14ZengWileyJournal of Combustion2090-19682090-19762012-01-01201210.1155/2012/781659781659Hydrothermal Upgrading of Korean MSW for Solid Fuel Production: Effect of MSW CompositionDaegi Kim0Pandji Prawisudha1Kunio Yoshikawa2Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-8, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JapanDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-8, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JapanDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-8, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, JapanIn Korea, municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment is conducted by converting wastes into energy resources using the mechanical-biological treatment (MBT). The small size MSW to be separated from raw MSW by mechanical treatment (MT) is generally treated by biological treatment that consists of high composition of food residue and paper and so forth. In this research, the hydrothermal treatment was applied to treat the surrogate MT residue composed of paper and/or kimchi. It was shown that the hydrothermal treatment increased the calorific value of the surrogate MT residue due to increasing fixed carbon content and decreasing oxygen content and enhanced the dehydration and drying performances of kimchi. Comparing the results of paper and kimchi samples, the calorific value of the treated product from paper was increased more effectively due to its high content of cellulose. Furthermore, the change of the calorific value before and after the hydrothermal treatment of the mixture of paper and kimchi can be well predicted by this change of paper and kimchi only. The hydrothermal treatment can be expected to effectively convert high moisture MT residue into a uniform solid fuel.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/781659
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title_short Hydrothermal Upgrading of Korean MSW for Solid Fuel Production: Effect of MSW Composition
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