Assessment of smouldering as an efficient and low-cost alternative for management of agricultural solid wastes

08 April 2020
Focus area: Waste
Program stream: Sustainability
Project number: 2017-1037

Smouldering combustion has emerged as an alternative treatment option for organic solid wastes with high moisture contents (80-85% wt).

The key advantage of smouldering technology is that stable process performance can be achieved at very high moisture content without the need for external fuel and/or energy input. This key feature allows for treatment of problematic wastes such as paunch solids where alternate treatment methods (e.g. anaerobic digestion) are currently not economically attractive.

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