Fu, JiaweiWu, XijianLiu, JingyongEvrendilek, FatihChen, TaoXie, WumingXu, WeijieHe, Yao2023-07-282023-07-282023Fu, J., Wu, X., Liu, J., Evrendilek, F., Chen, T., Xie, W., ... & He, Y. (2023). Co-circularity of spent coffee grounds and polyethylene via co-pyrolysis: characteristics, kinetics, and products. Fuel, 337, 127061.0016-23611873-7153http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.127061https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/11397This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51978175 & 42177196) , the Scientificand Technological Planning Project of Guangzhou, China (No. 202103000004) , Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan-ning Project, China (NO.2022A0505050076) and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (No. 2022A1515010825 & 2019A1515012131) . We would like to thank Miss. Yang at the Analysis and Test Center of Guangdong University of Technology for her assis-tance with TG-FTIR analysis.Spent coffee grounds (CG) and polyethylene (PE) are the two typical types of major solid wastes. Their co-pyrolysis may be leveraged to reduce their waste streams and pollution and valorize energy and by-products. In this study, their co-pyrolysis performances, interaction effects, kinetics, and products were characterized in response to the varying temperature and blend ratio. The co-pyrolysis exhibited the two main stages of (1) the degradation of CG (180-380 degrees C) and (2) the depolymerization of PE and the decomposition of lignin (380-550 degrees C). The pyrolysis performance rose from 1.34x10(-4)%(3)center dot min(-2)center dot degrees C-3 with the mono-pyrolysis of CG to 26.32x10(-4)%(3)center dot min(-2)center dot degrees C-3 with the co-pyrolysis of 10 % CG and 90 % PE. The co-pyrolysis of 70 % CG and 30 % PE (CP73) achieved a lower activation energy than did the mono-pyrolysis of the two fuels. The products of the CG pyrolysis included a large number of alcohols, ethers, ketones, esters, and other oxygen-containing compounds, with a proportion as high as 65.01 %. The products of CP73 at 550 degrees C resulted in the yields of hydrocarbons and alcohols up to 93.61 %, beneficial to the further utilization of the co-pyrolytic products. Not only did the co-pyrolysis valorize its products, but also it enhanced their co-circularity. Artificial neural network-based joint optimization showed CP73 in the range of 517-1000 degrees C as the best combination of the conditions. The study provides new insights into the co-pyrolytic disposal of spent coffee grounds and polyethylene so as to improve the waste stream reduction and the valorization of energy and products.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCoffee GroundsPolyethyleneCo-pyrolysisPy-GC/MSDynamic OptimizationArticle10.1016/j.fuel.2022.1270613371172-s2.0-85144846292Q1WOS:000913275600001Q1