Kinetic analysis on the drying of high moisture MSW

✍ Scribed by Mei-Qian Chen; Yun-Xuan Chen; Li Jia; Yan-Guo Zhang; Qing-Hai Li; Ai-Hong Meng

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 257 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1099-2871
• DOI: 10.1002/htj.20252

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Experiments on the drying of high moisture municipal solid waste (MSW) were carried out in a muffle incinerator, and a series of lost‐mass rate curves were obtained. The results show that lost mass is already over 80% for a castock, but only 30% for a potato block after 25 minutes when the drying temperature is higher than 120^°^C. Arrhenius equations and the activation energies of the drying process of castock and a potato block from a drying temperature of 100^°^C to 200^°^C were obtained from experimental data. The results show that lower energy is required for completely drying castock and a potato block. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience. wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20252