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Title Valorization potential of dried tannery fleshing wastes (TFW) through pyrolysis in the leather industry: Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations
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Authors Chagtmi, R; Trabelsi, AB; Ben Abdallah, A; Maaoui, A; Lopez, G; Cortazar, M; Khedira, H; Chaden, C; Olazar, M
Title Valorization potential of dried tannery fleshing wastes (TFW) through pyrolysis in the leather industry: Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.scp.2023.101130
Abstract Since the moisture content of the tannery fleshing waste (TFW) of the leather industry is too high, this paper evaluates the effects of open air and greenhouse drying pretreatment on the valori-zation potential of these wastes by pyrolysis. The pyrolysis behavior and kinetics were studied using KAS and Starink model-free methods and the reaction mechanisms of both dried TFW samples were established by the Coats-Redfern model. The activation energy (E & alpha;) calculated by KAS and Starink methods were similar for both samples, resulting in 121.71, 149.32 and 169.80 kJ mol-1 for TFW-OD and 155.41, 203.33 and 175.19 kJ mol-1 for TFW-GD in the first, second and third stages respectively. Moreover, the performance of two drying approaches on the behavior of TFW slow pyrolysis was studied at 500 degrees C and focused on biochar production to improve the feasibility of the TFW pyrolysis process, with the main goal of moving towards circular economy in the leather industry. The obtained results revealed that produced biochars are not suitable for either subsequent energetic valorization as fuels (H/C > 0.7). However, they showed a great potential for soil amendment (R50 = 0.11-0.12), long-term carbon storage (O/C < 0.4), fertilizers or sorbent for tannery wastewater treatment where adsorption of dyes is essential. Amongst the drying pretreatments, the open-air drying method proved to be the most suitable for industrial scale unit to convert TFW into economic value biochar.
Author Keywords TFW; Open air drying; Greenhouse drying; Slow pyrolysis; Biochar; Modeling
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001043165600001
WoS Category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences
Research Area Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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