Characteristics of tyre derived fuel-diesel blends
- Sebola, Rebecca, Pilusa, Jefrey, Muzenda, Edison
- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste tyre pyrolysis , Tyre derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12605
- Description: This paper reviews the behavior of diesel-tyre derived fuel blends as a modified fuel for diesel engines. Gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation over membrane sieves was used to prepare tyre derived fuel samples. The samples were blended with 50ppm commercial diesel at various volume ratios. The contamination characteristics of such blends were investigated whereby continuous single pass filtration technique was employed to remove solids contaminants in the fuel blends. It was observed that gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation of crude tyre derived fuel reduces total sulphur content by up to 40%. Blending the distilled tyre derived fuel with low sulphur diesel has shown that up to 25vol. % of distilled tyre fuel can be added to low sulphur diesel without compromising the recommended physical properties of the blend. However the total sulphur content remains higher than the recommended specification as per SANS 342 despite the 85% reduction from the crude tyre derived fuel state.
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- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Pilusa, Jefrey , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Pyrolysis fuel , Waste tyre pyrolysis , Tyre derived fuel
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4891 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12605
- Description: This paper reviews the behavior of diesel-tyre derived fuel blends as a modified fuel for diesel engines. Gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation over membrane sieves was used to prepare tyre derived fuel samples. The samples were blended with 50ppm commercial diesel at various volume ratios. The contamination characteristics of such blends were investigated whereby continuous single pass filtration technique was employed to remove solids contaminants in the fuel blends. It was observed that gas phase de-sulphurisation distillation of crude tyre derived fuel reduces total sulphur content by up to 40%. Blending the distilled tyre derived fuel with low sulphur diesel has shown that up to 25vol. % of distilled tyre fuel can be added to low sulphur diesel without compromising the recommended physical properties of the blend. However the total sulphur content remains higher than the recommended specification as per SANS 342 despite the 85% reduction from the crude tyre derived fuel state.
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Solid waste quantification for the University of Johannesburg's waste to energy project
- Sebola, Rebecca, Mokgatle, Lebogang, Aboyade, Akinwale, Muzenda, Edison
- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Mokgatle, Lebogang , Aboyade, Akinwale , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Solid waste management - South Africa - Johannesburg , Municipal solid waste - South Africa - Johannesburg , University of Johannesburg
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4911 , ISSN 2349-1442 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13011
- Description: Economic growth, urbanization and industrialization of African cities has caused rapid increase in volume and types of municipal solid waste (MSW) and hazardous waste. The inefficient collection, management, disposal and reuse of MSW has impeded the deployment of this waste resource into energy aside the heterogeneity problem associated with it. In addressing these challenges, the South Africa Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) in partnership with the University of Johannesburg is conducting a research into the deployment of waste into energy for use as vehicular fuel. As part of this project, waste quantification was carried out at Doornfontein campus (DFC), University of Johannesburg (UJ). This study investigated the amount of bio-waste generated in UJ DFC by quantifying the entire general and garden waste stream on campus and determining its composition. 310kg of waste is averagely generated on daily basis of which 82.34% are bio-degradable.
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- Authors: Sebola, Rebecca , Mokgatle, Lebogang , Aboyade, Akinwale , Muzenda, Edison
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Solid waste management - South Africa - Johannesburg , Municipal solid waste - South Africa - Johannesburg , University of Johannesburg
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4911 , ISSN 2349-1442 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13011
- Description: Economic growth, urbanization and industrialization of African cities has caused rapid increase in volume and types of municipal solid waste (MSW) and hazardous waste. The inefficient collection, management, disposal and reuse of MSW has impeded the deployment of this waste resource into energy aside the heterogeneity problem associated with it. In addressing these challenges, the South Africa Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) in partnership with the University of Johannesburg is conducting a research into the deployment of waste into energy for use as vehicular fuel. As part of this project, waste quantification was carried out at Doornfontein campus (DFC), University of Johannesburg (UJ). This study investigated the amount of bio-waste generated in UJ DFC by quantifying the entire general and garden waste stream on campus and determining its composition. 310kg of waste is averagely generated on daily basis of which 82.34% are bio-degradable.
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