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Acetic Acid Production by the Two-Step Thermal Treatment of Tobacco Filter.
- Source :
- Environmental Engineering Research; Jun2024, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p1-7, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The thermolysis of waste tobacco filters (WTFs) was carried out and characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The WTFs showed four distinctive derivative TG (DTG) peaks. Such distinctive DTG curves were indicative of the thermal desorption of triacetin (< 220°C), thermal desorption of glycerol tricaprylate (221-270°C), decomposition of cellulose acetate (CA, 281-400°C), and char stabilization (> 400°C). The activation energy (Ea) (223-279 kcal kg<superscript>-1</superscript>) in the additives desorption region (220-270°C) were higher than those (169 ± 5.1 kcal kg<superscript>-1</superscript>) from the WTFs at the main decomposition region of CA (281-400°C). Py-GC/MS suggested that a large amount of acetic acid (AA, 33.0 wt.%) was recovered as the major pyrogenic product stemming from WTF. An increase in AA purity up to 76.2% (except for CO<subscript>2</subscript>) was achieved in the 2<superscript>nd</superscript> Py step at 400°C after eliminating the non-target chemicals (nicotine, triacetin, glycerol tricaprylate, and 2-(decanoyloxy)propane-1,3-diyl dioctanoate) through the 1st thermal desorption (TD) step to 300°C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12261025
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Engineering Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177768296
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2023.601