Comparison of the fuel properties and the combustion behavior of PET bottle caps with lignite

Unal N. I., Mertdinç S., Haykiri-Acma H., Yaman S.

4th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2017, Porto, Portekiz, 17 - 20 Temmuz 2017, cilt.136, ss.22-26 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 136
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.10.256
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Porto
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Portekiz
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.22-26
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Combustion, fuel, lignite, PET, DEBRIS
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.This study focuses on evaluation of used PET bottle caps as energy resource. Fuel properties of PET bottle caps were determined considering proximate analysis and HHV. In addition, combustion properties were investigated based on DSC profile and the functionalities were determined by FTIR technique. The fuel properties of PET were compared with those of a Turkish lignite, concluding that the HHV of PET is 3.5 times higher than that of lignite, what shows that using PET in energetic purpose may be promising approach. There are some important differences on the burning characteristics and functional groups of lignite and PET samples.