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Drying of poultry manure for biomass applications in the combustion

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From an energy point of view, drying poultry manure contributes to its application as biomass in the generation of thermal energy. This study aimed to investigate the chemical and physical properties, as well as the effect of different operating conditions on drying (60 and 80 °C | 1.0 and 1.4 m/s) of pure poultry manure. By the experimental results of drying, the simulation from models based on the thin layer theory found in the literature (Page, Page Modified, Lewis, Henderson Pabis, Logarithmic, Two Term) was analyzed. The results of the proximate analysis showed that poultry manure has high levels of moisture content (78% m/m), ash (29% m/m), volatile matter (65% m/m), and low fixed carbon (5% m/m). For each operation conditions, the evolution of kinetics drying and thermal efficiency were highlighted at 80 °C | 1.0 m/s and 80 °C | 1.4 m/s. The Page and modified Page models presented better fit to the experimental data of the drying poultry manure. The calorific value remained the same even after the drying, being greater than 11 MJ/Kg, showing that poultry manure is a promising biomass in the production of thermal energy. Therefore, as a biofuel, dried poultry manure would have similar characteristics as biomasses from other animals, such as cattle and swine manure.

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Abbreviations

a :

Empirical model constant (-)

b :

Empirical model constant (-)

c :

Empirical model constant (-)

D eff :

Effective moisture diffusivity (m2/s)

k :

Drying constant (s−1)

k 0 :

Pre-exponential constant (s−1)

k 1 :

Drying constant (s−1)

m :

Wet sample mass (kg)

M:

Number of constants (-)

m d :

Dry sample mass (kg)

MR ( t ) :

Moisture ratio as a function of time (-)

n :

Empirical model constant (-)

N :

Number of experiments (-)

R 2 :

Correlation coefficient (-)

RMSE:

Root mean square error (-)

t :

Drying time (s)

T amb :

Ambient temperature (K)

T in :

Air stream at the entrance of the drier (K)

T out :

Air stream at the exit of the dryer (K)

x :

Cartesian coordinate (-)

X 2 :

Reduced chi-square (-)

X e :

Equilibrium moisture content (-)

\({\overline{X} }_{(t)}\) :

Moisture on dry basis (kg/kgdry)

X 0 :

Initial moisture content kg/kgdry

X b . u ( t ) :

Moisture on wet basis (kg/kgwet)

εt :

Thermal efficiency as a function of time (-)

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The partial financial support of this study was received from Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) – Brazil and by the Laboratories of Chemical Engineering of Center of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering.

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Vinícius de Holanda Pasolini: Data curation, investigation, writing (original draft), and validation. Rondinelli Moulin Lima: Data curation, resources, and formal analysis. Ariany Binda Silva Costa: Data curation, formal analysis, and writing review and editing. Robson Costa de Sousa: Conceptualization, methodology and resources, investigation, formal analysis, visualization, writing (original draft), project administration, and funding acquisition.

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de Holanda Pasolini, V., Lima, R.M., Costa, A.B.S. et al. Drying of poultry manure for biomass applications in the combustion. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04001-6

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