The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1,3,5- triphenylbenzene

Tomšej, Tomáš; Horák, Jiří; Tomšejová, Šárka; Krpec, Kamil; Klánová, Jana; Dej, Milan; Hopan, František

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.127

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“…The constant chimney draft was provided with a flue gas fan whose speeds were controlled by the frequency converter. These conditions are similarly to methods of other works [13,14].…”

Section: Fig 2 Fireplace Insert Used As Heat Source For Experimentsupporting

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Alternative solid fuels combustion in small heat source

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Abstract. Air quality is related to the using of solid fuel based heat sources in which the human factor has a major influence on the quality of combustion, which can lead to higher emissions into the air. One of the negative factors is the use of alternative fuels in heat sources. The article deals with the combustion of various alternative fuels, on a waste basis, in small heat sources. There were tested 4 types of fuels: beech wood pieces, 2 types of solid alternative fuel on the base of municipal waste and wood waste. In the experiment, it was tested the influence of used fuel in the fireplace on the heat output, efficiency, production of gaseous emissions and particulate matter. The results confirmed that combustion of fuels not recommended by the heat source manufacturer reduces the efficiency of combustion and significantly increases all monitored emissions.

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“…The constant chimney draft was provided with a flue gas fan whose speeds were controlled by the frequency converter. These conditions are similarly to methods of other works [13,14].…”

Section: Fig 2 Fireplace Insert Used As Heat Source For Experimentsupporting

confidence: 48%

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“…Poland and Czech Republic a new regulation has been adopted to allow environmental inspectors to break privacy and to control the solid combustion byproducts, to inspect burning residues in boilers. Thus, monitoring of 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene (135TPB) has been suggested as a suitable marker tracing burning of the polyethylene plastics (Furman et al, 2019a;Furman et al, 2019b, Tomsej et al, 2018.…”

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Seasonal Variability of PM10 Chemical Composition Including 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, Marker of Plastic Combustion and Toxicity in Wadowice, South Poland

Furman

Styszko

Skiba

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Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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The objective of this research was to evaluate the seasonal variation of the chemical composition of PM10 including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene (135TPB), which is a well known marker of plastic combustion. The presented work is a part of the project concerning assessment of air quality of small cities around Krakow agglomeration. Monitoring campaign was conducted between February and October 2017 in Wadowice, a small city in Krakow agglomeration, South Poland. To widen the knowledge of Krakow's agglomeration air quality, other aerosol chemical components were analyzed. Ion chromatography (IC) was used for analysis of cations and anions, while gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used for PAHs. Samples were also analyzed for OC/EC (organic/elemental carbon) by thermal-optical analysis with a Sunset Laboratory carbon analyzer, Sunset Inc. The co-combustion of plastic in addition to conventional fuels and the respective impact on air quality is evaluated via the concentration of the marker compound 135TPB. Co-combustion of plastics with fuels resulted in a higher abundance of fluorene and most of 4-6 ring PAHs, in agreement with recent literature. Authors proved that other sources besides plastic burning, including road transport, residential heating, residential combustion, industrial emissions, affect the air quality in South Poland. The modeling tool Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT), developed by NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory, was used to define the possible areas outside Wadowice contributing to urban air pollution.

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“…Combustion of straw/LDPE (90/10) pellets showed less emission of ash content compared with that of straw pellets (Emadi et al, 2017). However, compared with the combustion of biomass and biomass/PE, the combustion of biomass/PET had shown more emission of PAHs and particulates, suggesting that the choose of plastic types is of critical importance (Tomsej et al, 2018). Current studies at least suggest that the addition of PE at <10% is unlikely causing more pollutant emission.…”

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“…Plastics are primarily used as binders in the coal industry. The addition of plastics in coal briquettes can strengthen the physical durability by taking advantage of the tensile physical properties of plastics (Massaro et al, 2014;Emadi et al, 2017;Tomsej et al, 2018). Recent studies on densification of biomass/plastic indicated that densified biomass/plastic briquettes or pellets have higher hydrophobicity and physical strength than biomass briquettes or pellets, thus benefiting the transportation, storage, and combustion of biomass as a solid fuel (Bhoumick et al, 2016;Tomsej et al, 2018).…”

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Densification of Biomass and Waste Plastic Blends as a Solid Fuel: Hazards, Advantages, and Perspectives

Song

Hall

2020

Front. Energy Res.

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This mini-review considers the densification of biomass blended with plastic wastes as an approach for waste management and sustainable fuel production from two perspectives; (1) We overviewed the pollutants generated during plastics combustion and their hazards. The control of these pollutants can be achieved as both reported in literature and by currently in-service municipal waste plants. (2) Advantages from densifying biomass/plastic blends as a solid fuel are indicated. Biomass/plastic briquettes or pellets are a potentially promising solid fuel with low costs, high volumetric heating values, high resistance to mechanical damage, and good durability performance under humid conditions. Moreover, the combustion of biomass/plastic blends with <10% plastics has no substantial negative effect on pollutants emission compared with that of biomass. Perspectives on densifying biomass/plastic blends as a solid fuel are proposed to realize the scale-up of this technique.

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The impact of co-combustion of polyethylene plastics and wood in a small residential boiler on emissions of gaseous pollutants, particulate matter, PAHs and 1,3,5- triphenylbenzene

Cited by 38 publications

References 30 publications

Alternative solid fuels combustion in small heat source

Alternative solid fuels combustion in small heat source

Seasonal Variability of PM10 Chemical Composition Including 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, Marker of Plastic Combustion and Toxicity in Wadowice, South Poland

Densification of Biomass and Waste Plastic Blends as a Solid Fuel: Hazards, Advantages, and Perspectives

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