| Title | Economic and environmental benefits of using textile waste for the production of thermal energy |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 19397 |
| Authors | Nunes, LJR; Godina, R; Matias, JCO; Cataldo, JPS |
| Title | Economic and environmental benefits of using textile waste for the production of thermal energy |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | There is a growing demand for alternative forms of energy that could firstly replace fossil fuels, with the environmental advantages resulting therefrom, but that could be as well economically more beneficial by allowing companies to obtain competitive advantages from the aforementioned alternative forms of energy. In this sense, the use of waste to produce thermal energy is presented as an alternative worthy of study. In this paper, an analysis is made of the use of waste from the textile industry, more precisely cotton waste, which is used as a renewable resource for the production of thermal energy. After the characterization of the waste, the energetic potential is determined comparatively to other fuels such as woodchips and wood pellets. A comparative economic assessment with other fuels is carried out. The obtained results show that the cotton briquettes have a heating value of 16.80 MJ/kg and a cost of 0.006 (sic)/kWh when used as fuel. This predicts an annual reduction in fuel cost of 80, 75 and 70% when compared with fuel-oil, wood pellets and wood chips, respectively. Thus, the use of cotton waste could be a viable alternative, economically and environmentally, to produce thermal energy. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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