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2022 (English)In: Water Research, ISSN 0043-1354, E-ISSN 1879-2448, Vol. 222, article id 118875Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The blooming of beach-cast seaweed has caused environmental degradation in some coastal regions. Therefore, a proper treating and utilizing method of beach-cast seaweed is demanded. This study investigated the potential of producing power or biofuel from pyrolysis of beach-cast seaweed and the effect of the ash-washing process. First, the raw and washed beach-cast seaweeds (RS and WS) were prepared. Thereafter, thermogravimetric analysis (TG), bench-scale pyrolysis experiment, process simulation, and life cycle assessment (LCA) were conducted. The TG results showed that the activation energies of thermal decomposition of the main organic contents of RS and WS were 44.23 and 58.45 kJ/mol, respectively. Three peak temperatures of 400, 500, and 600 degrees C were used in the bench-scale pyrolysis experiments of WS. The 600 degrees C case yielded the most desirable gas and liquid products. The bench-scale pyrolysis experiment of RS was conducted at 600 degrees C as well. Also, an LCA was conducted based on the simulation result of 600 degrees C pyrolysis of WS. The further process simulation and LCA results show that compare to producing liquid biofuel and syngas, a process designed for electricity production is most favored. It was estimated that treating 1 ton of dry WS can result in a negative cumulative energy demand of -2.98 GJ and carbon emissions of -790.89 kg CO2 equivalence.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV, 2022
Keywords
Pyrolysis, Beach-cast seaweed, Biochar, LCA, Negative emission
National Category
Water Engineering Materials Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-347671 (URN)10.1016/j.watres.2022.118875 (DOI)000878990900003 ()35870392 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85134683870 (Scopus ID)
Note
QC 20240613
2024-06-132024-06-132024-06-13Bibliographically approved