Assessment of the Production of Value-Added Chemical Compounds from Sewage Sludge Pyrolysis Liquids

Fonts, I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Navarro-Puyuelo, A. ; Ruiz-Gómez, N. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Atienza-Martínez, M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Wisniewsky, A. ; Gea, G. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: A procedure to analyze sewage sludge (SS) pyrolysis liquids based on solvent fractionation has been developed. Pyrolysis liquids are separated into three different fractions: heptane soluble (Hep-sol), dichloromethane soluble (DCM-sol), and hydrochloric acid soluble (HCl-sol). Diverse techniques (GC-MS, UPLC-TOF-MS) were employed to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze liquid fractions to assess the potential production of value-added chemicals. Aliphatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic nitriles, and steroids were mostly separated in the Hep-sol fraction, phenols and fatty acids in the DCM-sol fraction, and carboxylic acids and amides in the HCl-sol fraction. The largest production was obtained for ammonia (10–14 kg per tonne of SS) and a-olefins (8–9 kg per tonne of SS). The potential production of some of these value-added chemicals from SS pyrolysis liquid was compared with their current European production. In the case of a-olefins, 16 % of their European production could be achieved by SS pyrolysis.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1002/ente.201600183

Año: 2017

Publicado en: Energy Technology 5, 1 (2017), 151-171
ISSN: 2194-4288

Factor impacto JCR: 3.175 (2017)

Categ. JCR: ENERGY & FUELS rank: 37 / 97 = 0.381 (2017) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.952 - Energy (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/GPT
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2013-47260-R

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Química (Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb.)
Área (Departamento): Área Tecnologi. Medio Ambiente (Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb.)