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JOURNAL OF ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 133-138Publisher
POLISH SOC ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
DOI: 10.12911/22998993/59361
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biomass; spent coffee ground; energy recovery; alternative fuel
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The current policy of waste management requires, above all, a gradual reduction of waste amount and, to a larger extent, forces us to seek new methods of waste disposal. Recycling the energy contained in biomass waste is a more and more universally applied method of thermal converting. Biomass combustion allows saving fossil fuels which fits into sustainable development. This paper checks the possibility of using spent coffee ground (SCG) in energy recycling using a combustion process. This particular biomass type up to now has not been widely examined, which inclines to consider its usage as a potential additive to alternative fuels. In the study, we examined the quality of fuel, which was in a form of briquette, made of beech shavings with 10 and 25% of post-exploitation waste obtained during the process of coffee infusion. This waste, if fresh, is distinguished by its high hydration. However, after drying it may constitute a valuable additive to alternative fuels. It increases the calorific value of fuel and reduces briquettes' hardness what contributes to reducing resistance of conveying screw in stoves.
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