Characterization, Heating Value Modeling and Pyrolysis Studies of Municipal Solid Wastes

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dc.contributor.advisorMahinpey, Nader
dc.contributor.authorShi, Honghong
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T16:17:54Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-09-28
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractA characterization study was carried out to determine the moisture content, proximate and ultimate compositions, heating value, and thermal weight loss behavior of fourteen different municipal solid wastes (MSW). An empirical model was developed for the high heating value (HHV) estimation of MSW: HHV (MJ/kg) = 0.350 C + 1.01 H - 0.0826 O, which is expressed in terms of weight percentages on a dry basis of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). The validation results suggest that this model was effective in producing accurate outputs that were close to the experimental values. A series of experiments pyrolysing coffee cups were also performed using zeolite type catalysts. In the presence of Ga/HZSM-5 in the mixed bed reaction, the pyrolysis oil’s effective hydrogen-to-carbon molar ratio (H/Ceff) was markedly increased, from 0.49 to 1.11. Valuable phenolic compounds were observed to be the main species in the pyrolysis oil.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShi, H. (2015). Characterization, Heating Value Modeling and Pyrolysis Studies of Municipal Solid Wastes (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25264en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25264
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2514
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Chemical
dc.subject.classificationMSW characterizationen_US
dc.subject.classificationHigh heating valueen_US
dc.subject.classificationMultiple regression analysisen_US
dc.subject.classificationZSM-5en_US
dc.subject.classificationCatalytic pyrolysisen_US
dc.subject.classificationWaste coffee cupsen_US
dc.titleCharacterization, Heating Value Modeling and Pyrolysis Studies of Municipal Solid Wastes
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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