Potential of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector

The fundamentals of pyrolysis, its latest developments, the different conditions of the process and its residues are of great importance in evaluating the applicability of the pyrolysis process within the waste management sector and in waste treatment. In particular the types of residue and their further use or treatment is of extreme interest as they could become the source of secondary raw materials or be used for energy generation in waste treatments. The main area of focus of this paper is the investigation of the link between the pyrolysis conditions, the chemical and mineralogical composition of their products and the benefits of pyrolysis in the waste management sector. More specifically the paper covers the fast, intermediate and slow pyrolysis of organic waste and mixtures of inorganic and organic waste from households. The influence of catalysts during fast pyrolysis on the product yield and composition is not being considered in this review.This reported work was conducted as part of the “Design Optimisation of the HERU Waste Treatment System” project in Brunel University London that was funded by Manik Ventures Limited

Municipal waste management systems for domestic use

© 2017 The Authors. Every year, the average citizen of a developed country produces about half a tonne of waste, thus waste management is an essential industry. Old waste management systems based on the collection of mixed/ sorted waste and transporting it a long way to disposal sites has a significant negative impact on the environment and humans. This paper will review the available waste management systems for house- holds. Biological methods (such as composting or anaerobic digestion) and physicochemical methods (such as burning or pyrolysis) of waste utilization will be considered from the householder’s point of view. The most important features of each system will be discussed and compared. Municipal waste management systems for domestic use could eliminate or significantly reduce the stage of waste collection and transportation. Additionally, they should not require special infrastructure and at the same time should allow garbage to be changed into safe products or energy sources with no harmful emissions. The aim of the work is to identify the best available waste disposal systems for domestic use.This reported work was conducted as part of the“Design Optimisation of the HERU Waste Treatment System”project that wasfunded by Manik Ventures Limited Project ID: 10300

Carbon and nutrient removal from domestic wastewaters in a modified 5-stage Bardenpho process via fuzzy modeling approach

Gradual increase in the generation of wastewater results from the increasing global population. Thus, new treatment techniques and systems for controlling the treatment process depending on wastewater characteristics are desirable. This paper presents the use of a pilot-scale modified five-stage Bardenpho process with a 10 m3/day capacity for the treatment of real municipal wastewater. The process was developed for this study, and the steady-state removal efficiencies for COD (chemical oxygen demand), TKN (total Kjeldahl nitrogen), NH4+-N (ammonium nitrogen), PO43--P (phosphate phosphoms), SS (suspended solids), and VSS (volatile suspended solids) were 87±5%, 86±12%, 93±14%, 89±9%, 88±8%, 94±4%, and 94±4%, respectively. In the study, the effluent COD, TKN, and TP concentrations were also estimated using a fuzzy logic approach. The results showed that coefficients of determination are higher than 0.80 suggesting that the presented fuzzy logic approach may confidently be used for the estimation of the treatment performance