期刊
PROCESSES
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10091756
关键词
hydrothermal carbonisation; agricultural waste; carbon sequestration; microwave heating; hydrochar; carbonaceous material
资金
- Teesside, Hull and York-Mobilising Bioeconomy Knowledge Exchange (THYME) ('University of York') through Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) [RG-ENERGY-ZEIN-3278637]
This paper investigates the impact of various variables on the properties of hydrochars produced through hydrothermal carbonisation. The study finds that hydrochars have increased carbon content, higher heating value, and water adsorption, while their oxygen content and dye adsorption decrease. Decreasing the solution ratio is the most significant factor in increasing yield and carbon recovery, while increasing the temperature is the most significant factor in increasing carbon content and decreasing oxygen content. Particle size, solution pH, and acetone washing also affect the properties of hydrochars.
Hydrochars are an alternative form of biochar produced by hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC), a potentially cheaper and greener method. In this paper, the effect of multiple variables on hydrochar properties was investigated. Waste biomass was converted to hydrochar via microwave-assisted hydrothermal carbonisation. The variables were temperature, solution ratio (water-biomass ratio), time, particle size, pH and acetone washing. The measured properties were yield, carbon, oxygen and ash content, higher heating value (HHV), carbon and energy recovery and dye and water adsorption. Feedstock significance was investigated using apple, wheat, barley, oat and pea straw. The investigation into this specific combination of variables and feedstock has not been done before. HTC increased carbon content (similar to 60%), HHV (similar to 24 MJ/kg) and water adsorption and reduced oxygen content and dye adsorption. Thermal analysis suggested hydrochars were not suitable for sequestration. Decreasing the solution ratio was the most significant factor in increasing yield, carbon recovery and energy yield. Increasing the temperature was the most significant factor in increasing carbon and decreasing oxygen content. This affected HHV, with higher temperatures producing a higher energy material, surpassing brown coal. Hydrochars produced at a high solution ratio, temperature and times showed the best carbonisation. Smaller particle size increased yield and carbonisation but increased ash content. Low solution pH increased carbon content, HHV and water adsorption but lowered yield, carbon recovery, energy yield, dye adsorption and oxygen and ash content. High pH increased ash content and dye adsorption but lowered yield, carbon recovery, energy yield and dye adsorption. Acetone decreased yield, carbon recovery, energy yield, carbon content and HHV but increased oxygen, ash content and dye and water adsorption. Barley biomass showed the highest yield and carbon recovery, and pea showed the highest energy yield and HHV. Apple showed the highest carbon content. All the hydrochars showed promise as solid fuels, a soil additive and a precursor for activated carbon but lacked high adsorption for pollutant adsorbents and stability for carbon sequestration.
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