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Insights into the reuse of urban forestry wood waste for charcoal production
- Source :
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 23:2777-2787
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- The wood wastes from urban forestry management can be used for the production of bioenergy, producing zero net emission of greenhouse gases and giving more appropriate destination and greater added value to the material. To enable this use, we investigated the characteristics of charcoal produced from tree species commonly used in urban forestry in a subtropical region. The charcoal produced was evaluated for its yield and quality, through chemical analysis. Regarding the parameters required for household use or in steelmaking, none of the species met the recommended criteria for ash content, but showed potential for charcoal production in relation to moisture content, charcoal yield, and contents of non-condensable gases, pyroligneous liquid, volatile materials, and fixed carbon. Satisfactory charcoal yield and quality were obtained from the species Nectandra megapotamica, Terminalia catappa, Handroanthus sp., and Cenostigma pluviosum. We recommend investigating the partial introduction of these residues with the wood of species grown for the production of charcoal, or other species from urban forestry not yet evaluated. This waste valorization strategy can be incorporated in solid waste management plans regarding the choice of species for urban forestry, in order to meet this demand and fulfill its environmental role.
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
Environmental Engineering
biology
Terminalia
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Reuse
biology.organism_classification
Pulp and paper industry
General Business, Management and Accounting
Urban forestry
Bioenergy
Greenhouse gas
visual_art
Yield (wine)
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental science
Charcoal
Water content
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16189558 and 1618954X
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b1e5d47152aa1a2241a7c9e8872a5dbe