Recovery of activated carbon catalyst, calcium, nitrogen and phosphate from effluent following supercritical water gasification of poultry manure

Bioresour Technol. 2009 Oct;100(20):4884-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.05.042. Epub 2009 Jun 16.

Abstract

A new method for suspending a fine, activated carbon catalyst in a biomass feedstock used for a supercritical water gasification (SCWG) continuous reactor is proposed. In a previous study, the organic matter in poultry manure was shown to be completely converted into gases such as H(2), CO(2) and CH(4) using SCWG. In practice, however, since the feedstock is not only composed of organic matter, but also contains inorganic material, water and catalyst, products such as gas, solid and liquid are produced during SCWG. The aim of this work was to investigate SCWG by-product utilization. This paper describes fundamental studies on the recovery of materials from SCWG products to develop a novel and simple recycling process that utilizes the by-products. A major portion of the activated carbon, monetite and ammonium sulfate can be isolated from the SCWG effluent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / isolation & purification*
  • Catalysis
  • Charcoal / isolation & purification*
  • Gases / chemistry*
  • Manure*
  • Nitrogen / isolation & purification*
  • Phosphates / isolation & purification*
  • Poultry
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*
  • Water

Substances

  • Gases
  • Manure
  • Phosphates
  • Water
  • Charcoal
  • Nitrogen
  • Calcium