Bio-crude production from secondary pulp/paper-mill sludge and waste newspaper via co-liquefaction in hot-compressed water

Linghong Zhang, Pascale Champagne and (Charles) Xu, Chunbao

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 4, 2142-2150

Abstract: Co-liquefaction of secondary pulp/paper-mill sludge (solids concentration: 1.6 wt%) and waste newspaper with a total solids concentration of 11.3 wt% was investigated with and without the addition of catalysts in a 75 ml Parr High-Pressure reactor at temperatures of 250–380 °C for 20 min. The yield of heavy oil (HO) without catalyst was between 16.7 and 28.0 wt% within this temperature range, and peaked at 350 °C. The addition of HCO2H, FeS, or KOH at 5 wt% of the total solids (on a dry basis) was found to enhance the HO yield at 300 °C, particularly HCO2H, which increased the yield of HO from 24.9 to 34.4 wt%. More interestingly, synergistic effects between secondary pulp/paper-mill sludge and waste newspaper were observed in the co-liquefaction operations. For example, the HO yield attained was 26.9 wt% at 300 °C in the co-liquefaction of the mixture of 33 wt% sludge and 67 wt% waste newspaper, and was noted to be 9 wt% and 6 wt% higher than the yields obtained from liquefaction of sludge and waste newspaper alone, respectively. The HOs from liquefaction or co-liquefaction at 300 °C for 20 min exhibited significantly higher energy contents (HHV ≥ 30 MJ/kg), almost doubled those (˜16 MJ/kg) of the original feedstocks.

Keywords: Co-liquefaction; Secondary pulp/paper-mill sludge; Waste newspaper; Heavy oil (HO) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.05.029

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