In:
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, AIP Publishing, Vol. 5, No. 1 ( 2013-01-01)
Abstract:
In this paper, a novel two-inlet municipal solid waste (MSW) shredder was developed to overcome the intermission work of the single-course shredder. The reliability of the two-inlet shredder was investigated and four organic constituents of MSW (plastic, kitchen garbage, leaves, and branch) were shredded in the two-inlet shredder to evaluate the shredder adaptability to MSW complex composition. The results showed that the two-inlet operation mode significantly improved shredding efficiency and reduced energy consumption, compared with single-course shredder. With the two-inlet operation, only approximately 73% of energy (compared with single-course shredder) was used to produce the same amount of products. The shredder was much more effective for the pulverization of soft, ductile, and fibrous materials (kitchen garbage and leaves), but it was not good at pulverization of the brittle material (plastic and branch). A total of 57.7% product of branch was below 10 mm in size, while for kitchen garbage and leaves, the values are 97.7% and 92.5%, respectively. And the value for plastic was the lowest, only 38.0%.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1941-7012
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2013
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2444311-6
