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Effects of Ni/Al2O3 catalyst treatment condition on thermocatalytic conversion of spent disposable wipes
1Department of Global Smart City, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon 16419, Korea 2Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Korea 3Chemical and Process Technology Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Daejeon 34114, Korea 4School of Civil, Architectural Engineering, and Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon 16419, Korea
jechanlee@skku.edu
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, October 2023, 40(10), 2472-2479(8), 10.1007/s11814-023-1461-8
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Abstract
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is an essential municipal service. Proper waste treatment is an
important part of the waste management. Thermocatalytic waste upcycling has recently gained great interest and attention as a method to extract value from waste, which potentially substitutes traditional waste treatment methods. This
study aims at demonstrating the potential for thermocatalytic waste upcycling using spent disposable wipes as an MSW
surrogate. Two different Ni/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared, treated under two different atmospheres (N2 and CO2). The
catalyst treated in N2 (Ni/Al2O3-N2) exhibited a higher surface metallic Ni site than the catalyst treated in CO2 (Ni/
Al2O3-CO2). The use of the Ni/Al2O3-N2 increased the yield of gas pyrolysate and decreased the yield of byproduct
(e.g., wax), compared with no catalyst and the Ni/Al2O3-CO2. In particular, the Ni/Al2O3-N2 catalyst affected the generation of gaseous hydrogen (H2) by increasing the H2 yield by up to 102% in comparison with the other thermocatalytic systems. The highest H2 yield obtained with the Ni/Al2O3-N2 was attributed to the most surface metallic Ni sites.
However, the Ni/Al2O3-N2 catalyst led to char having a lower higher heating value than the other catalysts due to its
lowest carbon content. The results indicated that the reduction treatment environment for Ni/Al2O3 catalyst influences
thermocatalytic conversion product yields of spent disposable wipes, including enhanced H2 production.
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