Su, Guangcan and Mohd Zulkifli, Nurin Wahidah and Ong, Hwai Chyuan and Ibrahim, Shaliza and Cheah, Mei Yee and Zhu, Ruonan and Bu, Quan (2023) Co-pyrolysis of medical protective clothing and oil palm wastes for biofuel: Experimental, techno-economic, and environmental analyses. Energy, 273. ISSN 0360-5442, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127221.
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The ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 has devastatingly influenced the environment, society, and economy around the world. Numerous medical resources are used to inhibit the infectious transmission of the virus, resulting in massive medical waste. This study proposes a sustainable and environment-friendly method to convert hazardous medical waste into valuable fuel products through pyrolysis. Medical protective clothing (MPC), a typical medical waste from COVID-19, was utilized for co-pyrolysis with oil palm wastes (OPWs). The utilization of MPC improved the bio-oil properties in OPWs pyrolysis. The addition of catalysts further ameliorated the bio-oil quality. HZSM-5 was more effective in producing hydrocarbons in bio-oil, and the relevant reaction pathway was proposed. Meanwhile, a project was simulated to co-produce bio-oil and elec-tricity from the co-pyrolysis of OPWs and MPC from application perspectives. The techno-economic analysis indicated that the project was economically feasible, and the payback period was 6.30-8.75 years. Moreover, it was also environmentally benign as its global warming potential varied from-211.13 to-90.76 kg CO2-eq/t. Therefore, converting MPC and OPWs into biofuel and electricity through co-pyrolysis is a green, economic, and sustainable method that can decrease waste, produce valuable fuel products, and achieve remarkable economic and environmental benefits.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Education of Malaysia, Universiti Malaya (FRGS/1/2019/TK03/UM/01/1) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Co -pyrolysis; Medical waste; Oil palm wastes; Techno-economic analysis; Life-cycle assessment |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2023 07:23 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2023 07:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/38426 |
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