Spent coffee ground characterization, pelletization test and emissions assessment in the combustion process.

ABSTRACT: Industrial development and increased energy requirements have led to high consumption of fossil fuels. Thus, environmental pollution has become a profound problem. Every year, a large amount of agro-industrial, municipal and forest residues are treated as waste, but they can be recovered and used to produce thermal and electrical energy through biological or thermochemical conversion processes. Among the main types of agro-industrial waste, soluble coffee residues represent a significant quantity all over the world. Silver skin and spent coffee grounds (SCG) are the main residues of the coffee industry. The many organic compounds contained in coffee residues suggest that their recovery and use could be very beneficial. Indeed, thanks to their composition, they can be used in the production

SUBMITTER: Colantoni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature