Quality Improvement of Refuse-Derived Fuel from Landfill Mining
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Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Planning, and Geo Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
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Research Centre for Environmental and Clean Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency, 720 Building KST B.J. Habibie Muncul, South Tangerang, 15314, Indonesia
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Directorate of Environment, Maritime, Natural Resources, and Nuclear Policy, National Research and Innovation Agency, B.J. Habibie Building, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta, 10340, Indonesia
Autor do korespondencji
I.D.A.A. Warmadewanthi
Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember, Sukolilo Str., Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
J. Ecol. Eng. 2024; 25(12):298-313
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Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) utilization as an alternative fuel has encountered obstacles in complying with industrial quality standards. This study aimed to improve landfill-mined RDF quality for acceptable calorific values (CV), moisture, volatile, ash, fixed carbon, chlorine, and sulfur contents by the cement industry and coal-fired steam power plant. For eight consecutive working days, a minimum of 100 kg of mined material was sampled randomly from transport trucks. Each sample was separated into three fractions: fine (< 10 mm), medium (10-30 mm), and rough (> 30 mm). RDF ratio of plastic : wood and garden waste, originating from a rough fraction, were set at 20:80 to 80:20 with a 10-point interval, including controls at 0:100 and 100:0. Moisture, CV, volatile solids, ash, and fixed carbon contents of RDF were determined by ASTM codes, while chlorine and sulfur used APHA/AWWA/WEF standard methods. The RDF optimum ratio was 40:60, which produced CV, air-dried moisture, volatile solids, ash, fixed carbon, chlorine, and sulfur contents were 25.23±0.53 MJ kg-1, 26.11±2.84%, 75.20±1.21%, 21.18±0.76%, 3.62±0.63%, 0.129±0.009%, and 0.058±0.004%, respectively. These results met industrial RDF quality standards except for moisture, ash, and fixed carbon contents, which needed process improvements at the RDF processing plant.