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ENERGY & FUELS
Volume 33, Issue 7, Pages 5810-5819Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04106
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- Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) [865100]
- Federal Ministry of Digital, Business, and Enterprise
- National Foundation for Research, Technology, and Development
- Altstoff Recycling Austria AG
- Borealis AG
- Voestalpine AG
- Wien Energie GmbH
- Wiener Kommunal-Umweltschutzprojektgesellschaft (WKU) GmbH
- Wiener Linien GmbH Co. KG
- Municipal Department 48 of the City of Vienna via WKU
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Each year, combustion at municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) plants produces millions of tons of fly ash globally. This ash is characterized as a hazardous material and is mostly placed in landfills after a stabilization process or stored in hazardous waste sites. Thus, disposal of fly ash leaves a considerable social and environmental footprint and leads to high waste management costs. Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems are considered to be outstanding because of their high-energy density and near-zero energy loss over long periods of time. Calcium oxide (CaO), a main MSWI fly ash component, is a promising candidate for TCES. In this study, we investigate the potential of fly ash as a TCES material. To do so, we analyzed representative samples from different MSWIs using simultaneous thermal analysis (STA) under N-2, CO2, and CO2/H2O atmospheres. These analyses were supported by additional techniques such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The STA results illustrate fly ash reactivity under different atmospheres. All samples could store heat through endothermic reactions and one sample was able to release stored heat under selected operating conditions. XRF analysis verified an average fly ash composition of 27% CaO, ICP-OES analysis demonstrated the presence of different heavy metals, and SEM analysis revealed the sintering and agglomeration of fly ash particles at high temperatures (1150 degrees C). This study shows that the use of fly ash as a TCES material is promising and that further investigation in the field is needed to corroborate this application.
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