实验室规模的工程化炭生产和技术经济扩展分析
Kannan Nadarajah1, Oscar M Rodriguez-Narvaez2, Jerome Ramirez3
1Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
|December 23, 2023
概括
通过水热碳化 (HTC) 从大米中进行工程化炭 (EHC) 生产是可行的. 模拟过程显示了低的最低销售价格和高吸附能力的污染物,如刚果红.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 工程化 (EHC) 显示出对水污染物的吸附有希望.
- 由于扩大规模的不确定性,目前的EHC生产技术处于较低的技术准备水平 (TRL).
研究的目的:
- 模拟全面的工程化炭 (EHC) 生产.
- 评估扩大EHC生产的技术经济可行性.
- 评估EHC在水处理方面的性能.
主要方法:
- 在200°C的水热碳化 (HTC) 过程中从大米中生产的工程化 (EHC) 添加铁.
- 技术经济评估模型用于模拟生产,能源需求和成本场景.
- 对于刚果红 (CR) 从水中吸附而测试的EHC疗效.
主要成果:
- 模拟EHC生产证明了经济可行性,最低销售价 (MSP) 为76美元/,远低于同类吸附剂 (136美元/).
- 工程化炭从水中吸收了超过95%的刚果红色 (CR).
- 该研究弥合了扩大EHC生产的知识差距.
结论:
- 通过水热碳化 (HTC) 进行工程化炭 (EHC) 生产在技术上和经济上都是可行的.
- 产生的EHC在从水中去除离子有机污染物方面表现出很高的效率.
- 这项研究支持EHC技术在实际水处理应用中的进步.
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